performance

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Junior Hudson Chase also turned in a standout performance with 42 hits, a .512 batting average and seven home runs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Not all of the music means it’s party time either: Audra McDonald’s performance of “Rose’s Turn” last year seemed more ferocious than fun, though friends who saw her “Gypsy” loved it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Teams of analysts follow the performance of companies like SpaceX and even they do not know whether the price will rise or fall once the shares start trading.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

At the same time, the stock broke below a mild uptrend on its ratio chart versus the iShares Expanded Tech-Software ETF, signaling weakening performance versus the broader software space.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

It was a vintage Franklin performance, reminiscent of his bemused but devastating recommendations to the English government in 1770 about the surest means to take the decisive action guaranteed to destroy the British Empire.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis