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These accounts eliminate that barrier for the initial funding phase.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
U.S. intelligence agencies assessed in April that Iran emerged from the initial 40-day phase of the war this spring with thousands of ballistic missiles intact.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Fidelity Investments, the big brokerage and mutual fund firm, long has had a rule protecting its small retail clients from plunging into initial public stock offerings while the shares were still subject to IPO-related hype.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Anthropic, the company behind the chatbot Claude, said the price and number of shares to be offered "have not yet been set" but planned to make an initial public offering this year.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The initial shock of the ice water had worn off, and now every part of Owen was on fire with the kind of burn you only felt from a bitter, bone-deep cold.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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