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Investors have been cheering the raging bull market for years—three years and nine months, to be precise—with the S&P 500 having more than doubled during that period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
A top spokesperson for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass left her administration Monday after a brief tenure, joining a growing list of communications aides who have departed over the last nine months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Prof Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay from the University of Warwick added the team thought there could be as many as nine or 10 additional local binary systems not yet discovered.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
They have competed without Plum, their top scorer, for 12 games and former No. 2 overall pick Brink during the past nine contests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
It had been absolute torture to not give away the secret for nine whole months as he saved up, but the look on George’s face was totally worth it.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
On the international stage, Spain have historically found joy using midfielders as false nines rather than traditional strikers.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The reliability of core services on the internet is often measured in nines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
“The majority of festivals you go to don’t have art installations or people who are dressed to the nines in festival outfits,” Breuner said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Alternatives have had try-outs during this camp, but recognised number nines in Dominic Solanke and Dominic Calvert-Lewin did not make their case strongly enough.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
‘I’m reciting the nines times tables,’ I said, and I showed her how to do it.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
