theory
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State wildlife officials have finally come up with a theory to explain where a giant, highly destructive rodent that’s been terrorizing California came from: Oregon.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Notice that at the lows of the double bottom base, round number theory came into play with a bullish morning star completed in February 2025 and a bullish engulfing candle in August 2025.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
They have not yet been directly observed, but they are predicted by theory.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026
Combined, this gives you roughly $40,000 a year before taxes — but you don’t have those Big Apple expenses and, in theory, you will have more than $700,000 in five years’ time.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
In theory the Vanguard should have made it into orbit.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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