locomotive

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Earnings are expected to be the chief locomotive for stock performance in 2026 with 8 out of 11 sectors forecast to grow faster next year than this, according to consensus.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

The long-standing model cast CENP-E as the locomotive pulling lagging chromosomes into place.

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

"The AI complex, once the undisputed locomotive of 2025's rally, now sounds like an engine with sand in the gears," said Stephen Innes at SPI Asset Management.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

“Our locomotive fleet is now middle of the pack in the industry, and really importantly, we are much more efficient now in the way that we deploy and execute on our capital program,” executives say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

I seent where time goes from moving at the reg’lar schedule to when it slides ’long on greased locomotive rails.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis