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Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed, and Northrop shares have gained an average of 32% in that span.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Add it all up, and the economy created just 34,000 net jobs during the 10-month span.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

These cans contained fillets from four species collected over a 42-year span in the Gulf of Alaska and Bristol Bay.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

They say the high prices were in part driven by a directive from Noem, which instructed the agency to purchase all the planned new detention sites in a 30-day span.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

No letters, no birthday or Christmas presents —not even a picture postcard had arrived during that long span of time.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood