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During past El Niño seasons, residents have been known to swap their cars for canoes and paddleboards to get around the peninsula after storms and high tides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Petrol prices hit a four-year high in September, and diesel has also shot up.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The geopolitical risk “premium” embedded in oil prices also looks likely to “remain high for an extended period time,” said Thummel.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

The local parish church offered financial support to injured veterans and widows but, for many in the town, the cost of such a practice seemed too high.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The guerrillas live in the hills and mountains, where grass grows up to fifteen feet high, tearing clothes to shreds and cutting through the skin like razors.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

AI-linked firms continued to struggle amid worries about the sustainability of the colossal investment boom that pushed stock markets to multiple record highs in the first half of the year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, has warned that AI stocks have become detached from financial fundamentals, pushing markets to precarious highs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

But the stock has been in a funk, down 38% from highs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

It is also near historic highs in California.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

And my emotions were similarly amplified: The highs were higher; the periods of despair were deeper and darker.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

The Global Times noted that many people entering old age who were born between the 1950s and the 1970s have generally higher incomes compared to previous generations, stronger purchasing power and are healthier.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Scientists say this marine heat wave has caused seawater levels to rise 1.25 to 1.8 feet higher than they would be just from the movement of the moon, Earth and sun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

As prices spiked higher in mid-July, RSI rose with them and peaked at fourth-month high of 75.54 on July 23.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Visa reported a higher profit and growing revenue in the fiscal fourth quarter boosted by an increase in payment volumes and processed transactions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Jumping up as the car’s flame went higher, he pushed the control box’s toggles down hard.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

The buildup comes less than a year after Ecuadorans voted against allowing foreign military bases, and has prompted questions from even within the highest ranks of Ecuador's armed forces.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Bank of America said in a report Friday that near-term maturity walls have risen sharply to the highest levels since 2013.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Elmbridge has some of the highest housing costs and has seen a rise in the number of people living in poverty, with 68% of those being part of working households, according to the Walton Charity.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

A study says FICO’s newer formula, which Fannie and Freddie still can’t accept, “shows the highest measure of predictive power.”

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

“I’ll probably get the highest score ever today,” Joe bragged.

From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon