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The most recent note focuses on energy, with Europe highly dependent on imports from increasingly unreliable sources and at relatively high prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Without a compelling earnings story, they are left exposed to the squeezed consumer and an economy increasingly dependent on AI-related spending and investment.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
This suggests that even the oldest known eukaryotes that lived on Earth 1.7 to 1.4 billion years ago were dependent on oxygen.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
The Met Office defines this as temperatures reaching 26 to 28C - dependent on location - for three consecutive days.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
“It looks like hairy vetch, but it may be a mutant. Look, it’s got this odd dependent leaf at the bottom.”
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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There was just one hitch: The law applied only to employees of fully insured large companies plus CalPERS — potentially reaching roughly 9 million Californians, including workers, spouses and dependents, according to a legislative analysis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
During the Covid pandemic, Congress approved payouts to income-eligible tax filers and their dependents only, a narrower approach that would lower the cost further.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
I live in California, am single with no children or dependents, rent rather than own, have no mortgage, and am in the 24% federal tax bracket.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Having alienated even his most obsequious dependents, Nero fled the city and killed himself in A.D.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
At the end of September, Lemos found the burden of caring for all of these dependents overwhelming, and, reluctantly and tearfully, she placed four of her children in the nearby Half-Orphan Asylum.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
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