potential
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Here are five things to know about that potential merger, unlikely as it may seen.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
The men used Google to search affluent postcodes to identify potential targets, according to police, before looking up floor plans on Rightmove.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Persistently elevated mortgage interest rates—expected to remain near 6.5%—are cutting potential buyers.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
The risk, they say, is that the agents will act using bad data, creating problems that have the potential to snowball within a user’s computer system.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
The longer they flew, the more they exposed themselves to the potential for disaster.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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