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rundown

[ruhn-doun] / ˈrʌnˌdaʊn /


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Check out this week’s issue of Barron’s Global Signals for a more detailed rundown of what specific stocks and sectors could benefit from potential trade deals, including agriculture, semiconductors, and self-driving cars.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Engineers, lawyers and other emissaries of the U.S. oil industry have flocked to the heavily guarded hotel to pitch their Venezuelan counterparts on plans to revive the country’s rundown oil fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

An NBC reporter gave this rundown: “Part-time jobs, shunned by neighbors, counseling for him and his wife, and a family divided. He sent his daughter to Jordan to escape the attention.”

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

Here’s a rundown of what the Fed found on the economy, jobs and inflation.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

But I saw other Negroes better off; they lived in blocks of rundown red brick houses.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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