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“If a layoff does occur, many workers have found themselves searching for months on end,” said Sneha Puri, an economist at Indeed.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Typhus cases occur year-round but tend to peak during the late summer and fall months because the warmer weather increases flea activity.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"Even when the political conditions are such that it's unlikely that a war crimes case would be prosecuted successfully in the moment," he said, "that doesn't mean that accountability won't occur at a later date."

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Delayed discharges, which occur when a patient is clinically ready to leave a hospital but is forced to remain in a bed because necessary social care, support, or housing is unavailable, are incomparable.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

I had thought it was German or Romanian, but only now did it occur to me that it could have just as easily been a language that Yakov had known.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros