moat
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Its towering, mostly unbroken face and narrow swimming pool suggested a rampart and a moat, but behind the concrete exterior, Caland eliminated every door save the guest bathroom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Lemonides called DoorDash’s main business “easier” than that of Instacart but also pointed to the latter’s competitive moat.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
The SEC’s proposed rule would strengthen the company’s strategic moat, Palmer says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
It is a literal citadel with a natural, crystal-blue moat surrounding it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
At the southern end of town, he crossed a bridge over a moat and came to a castle built by a Prussian prince in 1690.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
That may seem pricey, but Casey’s has some unique moats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Now that “good enough”—and sometimes even “pretty amazing”—AI is available to iPhone users and Fortune 500 chief information officers alike, these companies will have to find new moats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Arya expects that Nvidia’s earnings report in August will show investors that the company still has “its moats in products, pricing and supply chain,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Wall Street demands the deployment of raised capital to build structural moats, giving semiconductor and custom silicon suppliers the most transparent, legally insulated 12-month demand backlogs the industry has ever seen,” he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Dad got disgusted every time we drove past one of those farm fields with their irrigation ditches wide as moats.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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