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Policymakers are worried that if inflation speeds up more than expected, the bank may be forced to raise interest rates sharply later on, the people added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

“Community rooms and meeting spaces may support everything from neighborhood councils and workshops to conferences and public lectures,” the plan said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

“Just going to these council meetings, even if you may not be from that town, just going to learn about how things work.”

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

A book which judges said "may be the most unusual book you read this year" has won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

It certainly may have allowed the sisters a bit of freedom to act unobserved.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock