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The ICE dollar Index edged higher, as most investors expect the Federal Reserve to hold interest rates steady at next week’s meeting, though some are still anticipating a rate hike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
It also said there was "one colleague whose persistent interest in the issue appeared disproportionate."
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
You can easily run into walls, which may explain some of the discrepancy between the number of people who have an interest in Roth conversions and the number who actually do them.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Eni also operates one other block offshore Cyprus, and owns an interest in two others that are operated by TotalEnergies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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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Those representing Kroenke’s interests say Inglewood should honor its commitment and provide the reimbursements it long promised.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
But CoreWeave’s existence aligns with Nvidia’s interests so closely that it is hard to imagine it wouldn’t step in if the need arose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
“Social media allows for more voices to be heard, but algorithmically situated based upon someone’s interests where they’re entering into the conversation,” Adams said.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
Dr Irene Fernandez-Molina, an expert on the Global South at the University of Exeter in the UK, sees the appointment in the context of the monarchy's broader political interests.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Though it is a strange concept physically, it is the predictive power of the equations that interests scientists, rather than their comprehensibility—and an extra six dimensions do not constitute an insurmountable problem, mathematically.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Harper says he’d been interested in being part of the show set in the late 1970s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
First, to secure greater refining of Venezuelan oil and second to seek assurances that Reliance remained interested in backing a proposed Texas refinery.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
“I am interested in what happens after damage. And how do you change in a country that, in some ways, has not? Or will not?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
When I started looking for people to chat with for this piece, I expected to find only a handful interested.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
He listens, is always interested, always there for me.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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I would describe it as a situation rather than a messy love triangle — only because one interesting thing about the show is that these people are not 23.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
"You could argue we are in a more interesting time because for basically 15 years it was Messi v Ronaldo and it certainly feels more open. It is a different play now," adds Kirkham.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The disagreement is more interesting than the answer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
"This is maybe the most interesting part of our study," said Dr. Federico Morelli from the University of Turin, a co-author of the study.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
Her big toenail had turned an interesting green-black and fallen off.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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