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stock

[stok] / stɒk /






NOUN
investment in company
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Blue Owl stock is still stuck, down about 67% from its record high in January 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The move, orchestrated by Everett to satisfy the demands of the company’s top-dollar backers, cheats Michael out of his stock options and equity in the company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

He said that Friday’s broad-based technology selloff was “not leaving any stock untouched.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Among his first goals is to “outspend” both of his primary competitors, Disney and Netflix—even as his media empire faces down a multibillion-dollar debt load and a cratering stock price.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Most of them still had no idea that their champion stock picker had become so diverted by these esoteric insurance contracts called credit default swaps.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

It is now flanked by a similar-sized area they call "the fridge", which they temporarily closed as a way to build up fish stocks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

AI stocks have been hit by worries about Anthropic's IPO but it isn't all bad news.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

U.S. stocks fell as fears mounted that artificial-intelligence profits would not come soon enough to meet increasingly expensive credit obligations for CoreWeave and other aspiring hyperscalers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Piper Sandler’s Johnson also highlighted that the index’s chart depicts that those who bought tech stocks after the Nasdaq’s breakout to the late-September and early-October record highs got duped.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Cornwall Capital, they decided, would not merely search for market inefficiency but search for it globally, in every market: stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The Lakers have stocked their team with versatile perimeter defenders to help complement their offensive-minded backcourt of Doncic and Reaves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Rather than serving as homes for protective ants, some of the plant chambers had effectively become nurseries stocked with prey for developing wasp larvae.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

"Powerhouses need to be moved higher up from the riverbeds to protect them against floods, we need better evacuation plans and stocked safehouses," IPPAN's Lama said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

She sent Grace off with three crates of supplies, which her daughter described as being "stocked for the apocalypse just in case anything went awry".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Rain had been scarce for several years now, and the storehouses were not so well stocked as they used to be.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

Major retailers also are preparing for increased demand around the holidays and are stocking up and replenishing inventories, Seroka said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

"In addition, stocking for new technology products and the approach of the year‑end peak purchasing season in China and in Europe and the United States will all help support Taiwan's export momentum."

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

He had just returned home to Reno after dropping out of community college and was working odd jobs sweeping popcorn at a movie theater and stocking shelves at a local 7-Eleven.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

But the analysts said retailers would likely need greater proof that those products could actually sell before stocking the items on their shelves.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

‘I feel like the whole Russian army marched through my mouth in its stocking feet.’

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers


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