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The stagnant condition of the labor market is so unusual that economists have even coined a phrase to describe it: “low-hire and low-fire,” a new phenomenon that emerged less than two years ago.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

“And many front office people have mentioned to me the same phrase, which was, ‘Our guys were light on Brady last year,’ meaning they missed, he should have been drafted higher.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

It is a phrase that has raised eyebrows in diplomatic and military circles.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

A local military gear salesman created a neighborhood patch with the subway station’s logo, missile and the phrase, “Everything that is not flying toward us, is flying over us.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Variation: Sing each phrase one at a time.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Gabriel Perez allegedly made more than $100,000 with bets placed on the prediction market Kalshi about specific words or phrases that would appear in the president's speeches, ABC News reported.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

LinkedIn is peppered with stories of job listings requiring candidates to take questionnaires or use specific words or phrases in cover letters, in order to avoid applications spit out by bots.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

The catch phrases lodge in your brain, like it or not.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

My father’s sight was so bad that he had to look at the music about 2 inches away, memorize one or two phrases and then practice what he memorized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

He had started reading almost as soon as he entered school, struggling at first through the English books by looking up words and phrases in the big dictionary.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

"We told you: keep your word or pay the price," is how Iran's lead negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf recently phrased it on social media, quoting the agreement.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Pascal Confavreux, a ministry spokesman, phrased it more diplomatically: “We use irony and humor to deliver a punch and create deterrence by exposing the absurdity of the claims made by those who attack us.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

The Stueve brothers always defended raw milk, as brother Melvin Stueve phrased it, “the very best and safest milk there is.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026

And the way they phrased it was that they were questioning her.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2025

Steven, I know I phrased that as a question, but it was really a command.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

Even in April, three officials, including Logan, dissented against the phrasing in the policy statement that suggested more cuts are ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Maalouf: For me, as a trumpet player, of course, the musical influence; space, phrasing, silence, we can talk about this for hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

Nevertheless, there’s just no getting around some uses of queer phrasing, at least not when so much of our current modern lives are spent online.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

What’s more, the March statement kept the “in considering the extent and timing of additional adjustments‘’ phrasing — first put in place during the 2024 easing cycle.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026

James Burchard of the World-Telegram found more original phrasing: “It was a story of psychology, pure nerve, and rowing intelligence. Moch’s noodle was the best oar in the Washington boat.”

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown