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The S&P 500 is now trading at roughly 19.3 times its constituents’ projected earnings over the next 12 months, down from 22.2 times at the beginning of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
I later ended up posted at a Warner Brothers office overseas where I got to work on the beginning of that era of albums.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Manager Mikel Arteta says this is "only the beginning" of Arsenal's success after signing a new contract with the Premier League champions until 2030.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
India, the world's third-largest buyer of oil, normally sources about half of its crude through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been effectively closed since the beginning of the Middle East war.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
But . . . if the Gospels were truly the pattern of God’s activity, then defeat was only the beginning.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Those bubbles could expand away from one another while new regions undergo their own Big Bang-like beginnings.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
I had two sourdough heels, two eggs and some cream, which meant I had the beginnings of either a sweet or savory strata.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
Transformations often are viewed as projects with beginnings and endings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
According to Nozell, the singer — who rose from humble beginnings in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains into an internationally beloved rhinestones-studded star, evocative storyteller and thoughtful philanthropist — would not have wanted a traditional memorial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Normally, she would have been involved in these preparations, but they happened to coincide with her two-day writing bout and the beginnings of the front-of-house construction.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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