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“It killed us,” she wrote on X. Abdul El-Sayed won the nomination and is in a tight race for the seat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Little of the closed-door gathering, held under tight security, will be made known until it concludes on Thursday, but the timing of the meeting is crucial.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Many operate on tight margins, with limited access to finance, high borrowing costs and unpredictable tax environments.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
To gauge where the Fed goes from here, investors should focus not on the rate itself, but on where financial conditions are and whether they are tight enough to bring inflation back to target.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026
I wanted to hug him there and then, hug him tight and never let him go.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
MarketWatch columnist Aditi Shrikant explains how a tighter budget, automatic payments and unexpected cash windfalls can shrink your balance without sacrificing your financial safety net.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Rising bond yields cause tighter financing conditions and can push up borrowing costs for businesses and households, similar to the impact of higher rates.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Voters unused to the tighter deadlines also could have contributed to an increase in late ballots.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
Their expansion comes amid tighter market conditions in China and the introduction of VAT on private school fees in Britain from 1 January 2025.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
I curl tighter into myself and shake my head.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
“It’s the tightest turnaround in MCG history. Getting it right matters, because the AFL finals are one of the most important times of the year for us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
In February, for instance, the U.S.-Japan 2-year-yield spread was the tightest since early 2022.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
They are sticky and chewy, each bite of fruit managing to get stuck in between the tightest crevices of your teeth.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
And that code binds tightest on the men with the most to acknowledge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
That crazy woman woke up this morning, squoze into the tightest pink sweater she has, which is saying something, and hollered, “I’m going to Elizabeth Leefolt’s. Right now, while I got the nerve, Minny.”
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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