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Its steep growth trajectory has made the company an outlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

National park official Rudijanta Tjahja Nugraha said the area on fire was in a steep, cliffside region, making it difficult for firefighters to reach.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

They still call it Harbaugh Hill, a steep dirt road overlooking the practice fields on campus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

The fire's remote location, steep slopes and nearby cliff edge made it difficult to tackle.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

The road was about twenty feet above them, up a steep bank.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

The researchers say, "This finding highlights the steeper challenge faced by deconditioned populations."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

Jurado’s motion also calls on the City Council to consider slapping responsible parties with much steeper fines — ranging from $25,000 to $1 million — for future incidents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

But "the AI buildout is climbing onto a steeper section of track just as the gap between capital spending and internal cash generation narrows", he warned.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

“We have the wheels in motion to see a steeper decline in checks,” Washington said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

We set a brisk pace, walking what felt to be great distances away from home, slowing only when the path became steeper.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

However, the steepest and most inaccessible terrain acted as a natural barrier, protecting important areas of old-growth forest that logging crews could not easily reach.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

South Korean stocks suffered one of their steepest plunges on Wednesday, with the blood-letting that has battered chip firms over the past month deepening as nervous investors unwound their bets on the AI boom.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

The cost of materials rose to a one-year high and companies raised prices on customers to offset their own higher expenses, leading to the steepest rise in business-related inflation since 2022.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

The country’s consumer-price index fell 0.4% in June, marking its steepest decline in 18 months thanks to a sharp drop in gasoline prices, Statistics Canada said Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Yasuko materialized next, just below my precarious stance, but was flummoxed by the last and steepest portion of the Step.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

At Lawrence’s urging, George steeps himself in the classics, such as Plutarch and Seneca.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Amy Bloom, best known for her literary fiction, steeps her mystery in the academic world she happens to hail from.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

At Ayu Bakehouse, Jacques steeps whole pandan leaves in coconut milk, eggs and sugar for hours until it morphs into a thick, creamy custard.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025

Gut-Behrami came down immediately after Shiffrin and took a similar cautious approach on the steeps.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023

“That evil soaks into the soil. Some say it steeps and gets stronger. Maybe this isn’t the place. Maybe Gloria and I should have kept going after Virginia.”

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Hansard's life was steeped in music, from first picking up a guitar as a teenager right until the final hours of his life, when he was performing in a traditional music session.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

And he rooted his holding in the alleged “original meaning” of the amendment through analysis that appeared to be steeped in historical texts.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

Goodwin herself is steeped in retirement-planning knowledge and feels prepared — but realizes it’s still very precarious out there for women.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

It is also a love story, set in the modern world but steeped in antiquity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

We add a dash of steeped tea and pour chunks of the halwa mixture into the machine’s churning bowl.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

Roberts put his academic background to work, steeping himself in traffic patterns and how search engines and users prioritized different types of content.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

For one thing, it benefits from steeping in its own juices; cooking it several hours ahead of serving, even a day before, is ideal.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023

As its name suggests, the beverage is brewed cold, a process that typically involves soaking coarsely ground coffee in water, steeping the mixture overnight and then finely straining it.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2023

Starting the day by steeping yourself in Disneyland’s past can help ground you.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

“Let’s get off that. I’m steeping you some tea.”

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison