tipping

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The Bank for International Settlements on Sunday said the AI spending surge risks going into reverse, tipping some economies into recession.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

But the syllabus today is at a tipping point.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

This century, the tipping point, on average, has been reached in mid-August -- itself already bad news for the nation's glaciers, which are shrinking at a staggering rate.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

In data going back to 2000, the only time that the tipping point arrived even earlier was in 2022, when it came on June 26.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

The fits of energy, tipping into rage and grandiosity, came often and more fiercely, and the sweeping undertow of grief that followed was just as strong.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee