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“It’s a trickle effect down. If there are no homes being built, nobody gets paid and in turn no one goes to spend money at local groceries, at mom-and-pop shops, and so forth.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Under the proposals, he claims the firm would be competing for contracts from local authorities, meaning they could go "out of business" if they failed.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

After Bessan-Gligo’s death, Tennessee officials started thinking about ways to make the road safer, said Steve Allen, the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s director of local programs and community investments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

These substances act much like local hormones, helping regulate essential functions throughout the body.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

“What I said Saturday, about how this was a local call because it came directly from the caller instead of an operator?”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Roberto Flores, a 53-year-old shop owner in Loreto, an even more remote town on the Baja Peninsula, said locals were also waiting for more help from federal authorities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Numerous foreign paramilitaries have been seen in the vast, unstable central African country, where locals say they are backing the ill-armed government forces against the M23.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Network Rail invited locals to discuss the next steps over tea and cake this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

But BP Batam, the agency overseeing trade and industry, blamed it on a prolonged dry spell and denied allegations from locals that water meant for homes was being channelled to data centres.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

We asked a few locals for directions but got only confused looks in return.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs