dislocation
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But there was still time for resident villain Horwood to direct a jibe at broadcaster Will Best's hip action: "Call in the paramedics darling, dislocation - my goodness."
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
A dislocation in pricing then, can and probably will persist.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
“We believe this dislocation marks the most compelling entry point into the sector in a generation,” Wedbush said, pointing to potential growth drivers such as the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Both actors gently expose their characters’ dislocation and disorientation as they grapple with the void in their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
A falling away, a dislocation was taking place.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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That has been a “blessing for energy markets, given the Strait of Hormuz disruptions and other dislocations in the global market,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
He said the firm is seeing dislocations in industrial and transportation companies in particular.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Xinghang Zhang, a professor in Purdue's School of Materials Engineering, is the corresponding author of the paper, titled "Plasticity in brittle intermetallics enabled by framework of amorphous interfaces and preexisting dislocations."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Glencore had guided to the unit’s performance normalizing in the second half of the year but there is clearly upside given that energy market dislocations continue, LaFemina writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Frank saw that the paradox vanished if crystals were not as regular as suspected, but contained dislocations resulting in the perpetual presence of cozy corners into which new molecules could fit.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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