balance

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She and the City Council will spend the coming months working out how to balance the city’s books in a way that avoids deep cuts to other services and the layoffs of city employees.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Investors will also be parsing how officials described the balance of risks and whether there was significant disagreement there.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

The judge in the defamation case found that, on the balance of probabilities, there was substantial truth to allegations of war crimes by Roberts-Smith, who received Australia's highest military honour for bravery in 2011.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

“The market is trying to balance that really strong fundamental result with the big inflation and oil-price risk on the other hand,” Ellerbroek said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

The breeze is just a little too strong, sometimes knocking me off balance or stealing my breath away.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer