sink
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LAX’s long-awaited Skylink train is 99% complete yet faces mounting uncertainty, as bond ratings sink into junk territory and looming 2026 deadlines raise the specter of default and termination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
By grazing on red algae, that can prevent sunlight reaching the meadow, sea hares play a role in restoring eelgrass, which is vital to coastal ecosystems and an important carbon sink.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Initially, the renter is always ahead because they didn’t sink their savings into a down payment. Over time, however, the buyer catches up due to a stable monthly payment and home appreciation,” Pendleton said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Those diamonds could then sink through the interior, creating what scientists describe as "diamond rain."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
And then I heard the water spilling out of the sink onto the floor.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
But as news of Dolly’s death at the age of 80 from cancer sinks in, I keep returning to it, thinking about its meaning.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
It also featured Moroccan sinks, a pool and spa, a stone fire pit, and a barbecue area.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
It’s the kind of derisive mutual beatdown that sinks relationships — or that can be the necessary overboard discharge that enables them to stay afloat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
As student enrollment sinks and schools struggle to keep up with costs, a pattern plays out, says Doug Moore, founder of Highland Group, a firm that specializes in closing failed colleges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
My heart sinks, and my blood turns into pure nerves.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
The stock sank 25% in recent morning trading, which put it on track to suffer its biggest one-day loss since the stock began trading in October 2002, according to FactSet data.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Tech-rich Seoul sank more than two percent at one point as chipmakers SK hynix and Samsung retreated, while Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei and Manila were also off.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Researchers in France and Croatia analyzed the protective coating on the Roman Republic shipwreck Ilovik-Paržine 1, which sank about 2,200 years ago off the coast of what is now Croatia.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Yields shot back up today as stocks sank.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
The monkey squeaked and sank his teeth in my finger.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Two 80-metre barges are also being stationed at Paks that could be sunk to raise the water level.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
In 1916, the Canadian ship SS Mount Temple was sunk by a German ship.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
I was in my living room, sunk into the chaise lounge I retreat to, comfortable in a way that now embarrasses me, when I heard my mother’s voice in the other room calling my father.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
IBM has also sunk $5 billion into a project called Lightwell, which uses AI to find and help fix vulnerabilities in open-source software.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Before Pong realized what he was doing, he had sunk to his knees again on the carpet.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
The war and the economic strictures have piled pressure on Iran’s already spiraling economy, further sinking its currency and making it hard for Iranians to afford their daily needs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The bodies were now being recovered further away from the scene of the sinking, some of them drifting towards Zambia, the Herald reports.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
"Thank God that a wave pushed the sinking vessel and we managed to climb on top," Chance Siyamavhu said at a memorial service in the lakeside town of Kariba close to the border with Zambia.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Furthermore, the most recent joint intervention between the U.S. and Japan to support the sinking Japanese yen was carried out in a way that could further alienate the global investor community, Rosenberg said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
The station was slowly sinking, and the ocean surface was getting closer all the time.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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