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Higher yields have kept spreads broadly in check this year, despite significant uncertainty around the risks of “circular financing” in the AI race and whether the data-center boom will pay off.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Funds defined by what they don’t own can look good if you check their performance at the right time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The characters check off every idea you want them to try in the small space of the car, plus other brilliant brainstorms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Meanwhile, Mark Williams, chairman of the British Egg Industry Council, said food businesses which import eggs should check their supply lines for vaccination information and that all the food safety checks have been done.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
I check to make sure I called the right number.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
The insurance company State Farm has begun sending checks to millions of policyholders as part of the company’s largest-ever cash-back dividend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Meanwhile, Mark Williams, chairman of the British Egg Industry Council, said food businesses which import eggs should check their supply lines for vaccination information and that all the food safety checks have been done.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Tech companies are holding listening sessions, offering guaranteed jobs and writing big checks to win public support for the data centers they need.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered authorities on Tuesday to move jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to hospital for medical checks, after the popular politician's lawyers complained about his poor health.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Titans pitcher checks Luis and fires the pitch.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
For each cup of pretzels, he uses three cups of chex.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
How many cups of pretzels and how many cups of chex does he need to make 12 cups of party mix?
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
Eli is making a party mix that contains pretzels and chex.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
“But I think where it went to the other night, he hadn’t felt that sensation. So that’s what really checked him up.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, led a team on Tuesday which checked the presence of uranium metal at a site that Damascus disclosed just last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
She checked herself into a psychiatric hospital for a few days just before the deaths.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Carradine, 71, had checked into the facility shortly before his death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Opening my backpack, I grabbed the book I’d checked out of the library just that morning.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Meanwhile Dr Kathleen O'Reilly at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine recommends checking out food hygiene ratings when deciding on cafes or restaurants.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
However, as co-trustee of her trust, my name is on her checking and savings accounts, as well as her brokerage account, all of which the trust owns.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Conservation teams and experts were checking Granada's Alhambra palace, a UNESCO-listed jewel of medieval Islamic architecture and the seat of Spain's last Muslim kingdom, the site wrote on X.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Later that evening, as the women settled into the villa, they began checking their phones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
After checking to make sure the conductor was nowhere near, and seeing their governess deeply engaged in her work, all three Incorrigibles quietly took out their books to read.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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