shy
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Just shy of trading a month, the stock now trades at roughly $238 a share, down from $311 on its first trading day—a drop of almost 25%.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
That is just shy of what Alphabet will generate in 2026.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Oil pulled back from overnight gains as President Trump moved to assuage fears of escalating conflict in the Middle East though U.S. futures were shy of fresh record highs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
So yeah, the expectation, I mean, we haven’t been shy about that.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
But he had been singing, and even though we couldn’t see his eyes for his shaggy hair, his shy smile confirmed it for us: he was human.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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Scrabble: Words with no Vowels
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myPerspectives 6.2
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