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Improving the water industry has been a focus for Burnham since he took to power, as water customers in England and Wales continue to face steep bill hikes.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The prospect has rattled a region already reeling from steep declines in film production, heavy job losses, empty soundstages and shuttered small businesses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Many people flocked to cash investments such as high-yield savings accounts and CDs when the Fed initiated a series of steep interest-rate hikes starting in 2022 to quell inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Imagine a stopped cable car sitting at the top of a steep hill in San Francisco.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

The house was at the foot of a steep hill, surrounded by a shin-high lawn spotted with daisies and clover.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Americans are deeper in high-cost credit-card debt and they’re paying steeper interest rates on consumer loans compared to back then.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Such costs can be passed down to consumers through steeper prices for food and other staples, pushing up the overall cost of living.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

He said the debt influenced his decision to turn down a higher-paying job offer that would have triggered even steeper loan deductions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

All three have said since the meeting that they favored raising rates now in order to forestall the possible need for steeper hikes later.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Chip Cusumano nodded at me from the doorway and began to examine our line of brightly colored steeper mugs.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

Across the globe, bond yields are setting new highs with 10-year benchmarks at their steepest for thirty years in Japan, fifteen years for Germany and 18 years in the U.K.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

The amount by which U.S. employers expect their health insurance costs to rise in 2027, the steepest increase in 20 years, according to a new survey from benefits consultant WTW.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The steepest growth has been in acceptances to what Ucas calls "higher tariff" universities.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

He notes it’s one of the steepest streets in the entire country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

He took off after her but lost control as he headed down the steepest part of the slope.

From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Henderson steeps his delivery not in tragedy, but with a pure knowing and empathy.

From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2024

Open since 2019, this via ferrata added a new summer component to Palisades Tahoe, the North Lake Tahoe ski resort famed for its steeps.

From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2022

The first room of the exhibition, or act of the show, steeps visitors in an immersive story-in-the-round that illustrates an interconnected forest ecology.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2022

“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

Thomasin McKenzie plays a young woman, Alyce, steeped in her own trauma and loss, who attaches herself to the ploughman, and her ability to express wide-eyed, barely contained hysteria and fear is unmatched.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

The late Justice Antonin Scalia was the doctrine’s pioneer, and its current torchbearer is Thomas, who is steeped in the academic literature that underpins originalist theory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

“These rituals are empty,” Hizdahr declared, “just the sort of thing we must sweep aside. Meereen has been steeped in these foolish old traditions for too long.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Vance “has sought to surface a greater level of detail and nuance about the war,” it says, and “developed a reputation inside the Trump administration for steeping himself in operational detail.”

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

Simmer the ingredients in a small saucepan over medium-high heat before turning the heat off and steeping for three minutes.

From Salon ● May 2, 2023

She removes the lid and flashes the steeping Belle-roses inside.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton