ripple
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For Goldman, restrictions in the U.S. would have a ripple effect across diesel prices internationally, with each week of the ban lifting European diesel prices by just below 2%.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
"Over the next decade... ripple effects crept into all manufacturing," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
“This has a ripple effect that goes through the entire federal enforcement system because they showed they could do something that was very difficult,” Kovacic said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
The Federal Reserve’s move to raise short-term rates by a quarter percentage point Wednesday is poised to ripple through the banking system and debt markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
A ripple of applause turned to a roar as they began to play “God Bless America.”
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Recent calls from artificial-intelligence leaders to slow the technology’s development have rippled through the stock market — and Wall Street’s early reactions may be misguided.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Across the country, the threat rippled from group chats and social gatherings to the corridors of power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
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 solid snap of the lock disengaging rippled through Anya’s hand.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
It was based on the profile picture of the couple’s shared Facebook account, but Walters had swapped out palm trees for three Christian crosses and the American flag rippling in the breeze.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
It is shaping up to be among the strongest in living memory, and its effects are already rippling around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 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 energy rippling off this dude was jaw-dropping.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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