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Halma bought Avo Photonics, a manufacturer of electronics components, in 2011 and the business rode a wave of surging demand due to a relationship with a hyperscaler tech customer of more than a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

During my latest trip to Asia, I played this on my headphones on repeat while I rode the subway . . . and haven’t stopped listening since.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

They caught a New Zealand team on the decline and rode the wave, capturing imaginations as they went.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

While semi stocks rode the wave of the AI data center investment boom last year, sentiment soured on enterprise software makers like Atlassian, Workday, and Salesforce.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Or, if they were Pelicarnassus, they rode in limousines with a private driver employed by their mother.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness