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Another distinction is that exposure to private credit among insurance companies and pension funds — keys to ordinary Americans’ financial security — “remains very small,” Adrian said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
"I don't know if there were jihadists at the market. We are just ordinary people," Mala Garba, 42, told AFP from a hospital in Borno state capital Maiduguri while recovering from bullet wounds.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Unlike ordinary atoms, it connects to light or sound waves at multiple, physically separated points.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
Under ordinary circumstances, officers who fail so miserably in the public eye wouldn’t be heard from for a time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
But the broach that pinned Llewelyn’s cloak together was no ordinary thing.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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