potential
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"Disappointment in returns could trigger a sudden pullback in financing and turn the capex boom into a protracted investment bust, with potential knock-on effects on financial conditions," it said in its annual report.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
U.S. margin debt rose 54% to a record $1.4 trillion in May, signaling potential trouble amid surging leveraged ETF assets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
The discovery highlights autophagy as a potential target for future treatments aimed at protecting the brain from pesticide-related injury.
From Science Daily • Jun. 28, 2026
And you can have a scouting report on England's potential last-16 opponent written before breakfast.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026
The only potential upside to the Y2K disaster was the fact that it might disrupt the school year.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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