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And, of course, as Snider pointed out, the possibility of the Fed taking a more dovish tack could provide a more bullish equity catalyst.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Three of the four said they disliked cold lay repairs and that a properly laid hot fill option, done to the proper depth and with a tack coat emulsion, should last years.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

It also takes the mature tack, as it moves back and forth in time, of portraying characters whose life dreams haven’t quite worked out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

But he then reportedly reversed tack following calls to One Nation colleagues, asking if he could re-do the answer with the correct policy.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

The solution is to dump the thumbtacks out of the box, tack the box to the wall, and stick the candle onto the box.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

He added that the decision to wait for it to conclude "tacks on five or six years or more", describing it as "an unwarranted delay".

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

“Investors are getting down to brass tacks and saying ‘what do we want to own over the next few months,’” MAI’s Grisanti said.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026

The Georgetown law graduate sharply changed tacks in dealing with his critics, from President Donald Trump on down.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

His plays demonstrate a fierce effort to get down to brass tacks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2025

I wanted to get those tacks back into the wall.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

Rattle needed to rebuild much of its underlying software so that AI agents were at the center of the architecture, not tacked on the outside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The Rays tacked on another run on a safety squeeze, taking the lead until Tucker’s home run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

To win loan deals in recent years, Ares allowed many borrowers to defer paying cash interest with payments-in-kind, or PIK, that get tacked on to the outstanding loan.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

So the only reasonable charge was violating the city ordinance against disturbing “the peace of others by violent, offensive or boisterous conduct or language,” but that was tacked on later, in February.

From Slate ● May 4, 2026

It was a stretch version of Auk XXIII, with a foot of length tacked on to see what difference it would make in altitude.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Avelo’s base fare averaged $115 last year, so tacking on an extra $30 to cover fuel is noticeable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

The shipping companies are also tacking on war and fuel surcharges to some of their routes and scrambling to offer pricier on-land options to their customers.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026

The onslaught continued in the eighth with the Dodgers tacking on three more runs highlighted by a triple from Shohei Ohtani, doubles by Rojas and Teoscar Hernández and a single by Kiké Hernández.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025

Sir Ronald adds that tacking the problem of an overreliance on the US "can only come from diversifying the market, but that's not an overnight achievement".

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2025

“Who? Oh, hello, Gomez,” Miss Trixie said feebly and drifted off toward the ladies’ room as if she were tacking into a gale.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole