rung
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“When insiders are involved, we’re putting an extensive amount of pressure on the lowest rung of the ladder to make the stop.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
At the lowest consumer-friendly rung rest affordable fillers and Botox injections.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Moody’s rated the capital structure Ba1, or the highest “junk”-rated category, while S&P Global and Fitch gave it at BBB- rating, the lowest rung in the investment-grade category.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
As usual, the names of the victims were read out, and a bell was rung to mark major moments in the attack.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Sohrab stood at the base of the ladder with his left foot on the bottom rung.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
The team classified the excitations by their symmetry, exposing a second set of energy rungs that was hidden in the initial measurement.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
For about 40 years, physicists have used conformal field theories to calculate how far apart those energy rungs should be.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
The jump in interest rates is making it especially hard for those on low economic rungs to dig out of debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Another Briton, Billy Harris, travelled around the lower rungs of the circuit sleeping in his Transit van for three-and-a-half years.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
A bald-headed man it* Dragonwings o n perched on a stool behind a counter, his feet inside the rungs.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
