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The stock climbed as much as 108.8% above its IPO price to an intraday high of $386.34, before paring gains to be up 73.6% in recent afternoon trading.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

And there was plenty of reason to be paring back on risk today, with the cease-fire in Iran looking increasingly fragile and oil prices pushing higher.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Critics say the paring back has gone too far.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

On Friday, they reached an intraday high of $102.63, before paring gains to roughly 2.5%, at around $101.60.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

He nodded at the couch behind him, then went back to paring the stalks of fresh cilantro from the colander next to him.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram