pandemic

Sticking with real terms, average prices of the cheapest ticket were slightly higher before the pandemic but have broadly stayed around £12.75 since 2021 - despite the rising overheads for performers, production companies and venues.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Yes, we have rebounded from the pandemic, but other countries rebounded earlier and have since achieved greater gains in life expectancy,” Woolf said.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

That changed as the pandemic waned, the era of remote work faded and AI companies based in the city went into hiring mode.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Amazon saw AWS grow at its fastest pace since the pandemic boom, while its AI business and custom-chip business surpassed $25 billion annual revenue run rates.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

I definitely didn’t mention the great pandemic from back in the twenties.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

The group is also fighting Becker’s bill, which would add war to the list of emergencies — such as natural disasters and pandemics — that can trigger California’s price-gouging laws.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Market corrections, recessions, depressions, pandemics and human folly, along with investing in individual stocks despite the standard advice to diversify your holdings, can all take a toll on retirement savings.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Major events like wars and pandemics also can disrupt those patterns, as can new technological developments and changing business models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

The WHO chief and Brazil's president on Monday urged the G7 to summon the "courage" to finish the international treaty on handling future pandemics.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Not only do archaeologists like Dobyns, Perttula, and Ramenofsky argue that unrecorded pandemics swept through the Americas, they claim that the diseases themselves were of unprecedented deadliness.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann