semi
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Moderna stock surged following positive cancer-vaccine data, burning short sellers and spilling over into the semi sector.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
On an earnings call, Elon Musk walked back earlier rollout guidance for Tesla’s Robotaxi service, Optimus robots and electric semi truck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Holy Trinity Tattoo Studio in Standish managed to squeeze Sean in before England took on Norway in the quarter final, teeing up Wednesday night's mouth-watering semi against old foes Argentina.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Dashcam video of the incident showed traffic slowing down far ahead of the white Jeep as it stopped abruptly in front of the semi, causing the truck to rear-end the vehicle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
The semi driver said he never saw the bus.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
He “did not adopt a reflexive posture to protect himself and ... he may have fallen in a state of semi- or total unconsciousness,” officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
Semi-pedestal sinks are wall-hung sinks with a semi- or half-pedestal attached to the bottom of the sink.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
Mr Stevenson, who died in 2004, had officiated at the semi- final of the 1979 tournament, and offered to take the child to the final.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2016
Use the formula found in the previous exercise to calculate the interest rate for an account that was compounded semi- annually, had an initial deposit of $9,000 and was worth $13,373.53 after 10 years.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
If there’s no and or but in between, use a semi- colon instead.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
During the second quarter, traders piled into leveraged products like ETFs to try and cash in on the red-hot rally in semis.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
When the semis trade started to wobble late last month, many analysts on Wall Street initially hoped the pain would be short-lived.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Dyke set the England team two targets: reach the semis of Euro in 2020 and win the World Cup in 2022.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
"Jude shines as England beat Norway 2-1 to reach semis", is the paper's review.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
With the speeding cars and the semis and the SUVs...
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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