ripple
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The Fed has held rates steady since January, choosing to wait to gauge the effects of energy price shocks and to let the tariffs' effects on prices ripple through the economy.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Quarantine rules can send a child home for days or weeks, causing a ripple effect on childcare responsibilities for parents in a country that does not have federally mandated paid sick time.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
The shrinking demand for wine has ripple effects across the industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
A prolonged supply crunch can ripple through the economy, pushing up freight rates and the cost of food, construction and household fuel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
She hears the ripple of water, a gentle shush against the shore.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
The emotion has rippled through her inner circle.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Large cracks rippled through the buildings, revealing interior construction materials, AFP reporters said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
The blockbuster earnings arrived after a slump in tech shares that rippled from South Korean chip makers to American fiber-optic cable providers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Yet all of them convey an understanding, even an appreciation, for their close connection to an artist whose influence rippled across popular music.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
More shrieks rang out, and then nervous laughter rippled through the audience as they realized the conjured creatures had disappeared.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
A major clinical-trial failure last week is rippling across biopharma stocks on Tuesday morning, showing yet again how risky it is to invest in drug development.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The economy is in impressive shape, thanks to a healthy labor market and the rippling effects of the artificial-intelligence investment boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
This misperception carries profound consequences and is currently rippling through our world, eroding trust, deepening isolation and creating a social environment in which empathy is swiftly becoming an atrophied muscle in desperate need of exercise.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
The outsized impact in this small community has caused a major rippling effect.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
I think he means me, but when I look up, I see all eyes are on a man with muscles rippling under his shirt as he strides across the floor.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
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