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He said there should be greater emphasis on Irish history in schools and pointed to growing interest in the subject at university level.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The drop in oil prices helped ease concerns about inflation and saw traders lower their expectations for the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates, according to Bloomberg.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
This is a particular risk for small banks that use interest payments to attract deposits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
But the Fed voted 9-3 to keep interest rates unchanged in a range of 3.5%-3.75% for the fifth straight meeting.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
She was wearing the long dark jacket and small hat he would have recognized a mile away as being straight from the wardrobe of Helen Grosvenor, the love interest of the 1932 film.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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An agency spokesperson said that ICE’s investigative methods abide by the Constitution and respects civil liberties and privacy interests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
However, after a new general manager was appointed, Owens was told that, in the interests of fairness to other staff, she would have to work a fully flexible seven-day rota.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Explaining the move, Abu Dhabi said it "serves our national interests and long-term strategic objectives".
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
McCourt later handed off the project to an environmental group, but the idea is still to deliver fans to Dodger Stadium, where he has financial interests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
I told myself that despite her past behavior, my teacher was a kind and loving person who had only my best interests at heart.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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Mamdani removed all of the advisers on the group’s board, which many on Wall Street and in the development trenches saw as a sign that he isn’t much interested in their opinions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Lifetime is always interested in shows that kind of tap into a powerful nostalgia that can be made fresh for today’s audience,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Rather than take other companies’ trade secrets, OpenAI said on its blog, “We’re much more interested in building innovative products and technologies that push the frontier.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The results suggest that the organisms living in the sediment are not equally interested in every type of carbon.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
Togbe carried a bunch of palm fronds along on our next visit to the creek to make new fish traps, but I was more interested in hearing how he met Grandma.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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The reader who suggested leaving Social Security benefits unclaimed, if you don’t need them, does raise an interesting question about personal responsibility.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
The specific sports returning for Ahmedabad will be interesting too.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
“There’s a lot of interesting business history books about people who got the thesis right but timed it wrong.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Such overarching public sentiment inspired Johnson to pen a 700-word essay on why that mindset was the “most interesting phenomenon happening on earth right now.”
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
But the fake burps—well, it would be tough to be more interesting than fake burps.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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