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[sayf] / seɪf /




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Moody’s has kept France’s final triple-A debt rating safe.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

In recent days, investors’ concern over France’s fiscal challenges and the risk that high oil prices could dent economic growth have prompted a search for safe havens, benefiting U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Streeting said the prime minister had made it clear that his government was "determined to give our armed forces the investment needed to keep us safe".

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

In a clinical trial led by researchers at Queen Mary University of London, the technology proved safe, well tolerated, and practical for patients to use at home.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Clare needed to get home, to be safe inside his cottage.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Fortune Brands is best known for its home- and building-products brands including Moen, House of Rohl kitchen and bath fixtures, SentrySafe waterproof safes and others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

But Major League Baseball was bound to have other suitors open their safes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025

We crouch down on the floor in front of a row of safes.

From BBC ● May 8, 2025

The contents of the safes were the family’s life savings and were uninsured, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

She's sure to have found out something, he thought, but suppose she tells me Capricorn has locked the book in one of his safes?

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

They assume silence is safer than making a case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Germany has traditionally had solid public finances and is seen as a safer bet in terms of paying back its debts than France, hence the lower yield on German government bonds.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Investors fleeing technology stocks in October have found a safer place to hide: consumer stocks of toothpaste and laundry-detergent makers and sellers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Their findings, published in Nature Communications, could guide the development of safer statins that maintain their cholesterol-lowering benefits while minimizing muscle damage.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

“You must take me with you. I am safer with you, and you shall be safer, too.”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

That early robot evaluated just 20 measurement points to determine the safest route ahead.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

The increased costs force investors, already battered by the recent turbulence in global bond markets, to be more careful with one of the safest asset classes available.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

“Historically, when people were selling U.S. bonds, the alternative was to buy German bonds, as the safest asset. That is not what is happening now.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

"The effects of war reach into the safest parts of the world," added the university student, saying it was a "bit of a reality check".

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

“I think the safest place for you is Mars. Take a rocket and get going....Nuts to you!”

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow


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