ripples

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Rate volatility hurts market liquidity, raises borrowing costs for households and companies, and ripples through the stock market.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

Its parent company, Alphabet, sent ripples through markets this week with a plan to raise $85 billion in equity, largely to fund its infrastructure buildout.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Gravity waves can trigger traveling ionospheric disturbances, which are large scale ripples in plasma density.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

Norman Hagan from UCU said uncertainty created by the announcement "has caused significant ripples particularly on the Coleraine campus" because it is such an economic anchor for the wider north coast.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

It took some time for the ripples caused by the bus boycott in Montgomery to generate a similar reaction in Durham, and by then Ann was working for a different white family.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson