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Donald worked as landscape gardener before suffering from a stroke and later contracting Lyme disease after being bitten by a tick.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

"Everyone knows the rest. I warmed up from half-time onwards, watched the minutes tick by and wasn't called on," Ronaldo said.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

When Roden-Reynolds conducts tick surveys, he wears clothing permeated with the tick-killing insecticide permethrin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

A treatment to eliminate ticks on deer, like a tick collar on dogs, shows promise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The clock on the mantel is a Herr Thiessen creation, adorned with tiny books flipping through their pages as the seconds tick toward three o’clock in the morning.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

And, last week, President Trump signed an executive order to eliminate invasive ticks and mosquitoes across D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

After a minute or so, he plucked 11 tiny ticks from the cloth with tweezers, and stuck them on a lint roller.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

ISM factory index ticks down in August as price pressure continues to build.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

“Japan currently ticks all three of those boxes,” says Colvin.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

The clock by the gates ticks off the minutes later and later, the ornaments upon it twirling and shifting.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

The yield on the 30-year bond ticked down 0.01 percentage point to close at 5.598%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

He ticked through a laundry list of Florida constituents – retirees, teachers, emergency workers, restaurant staff and local government employees, flagging that they need to be able to "make ends meet".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The yield on the 30-year bond ticked down 0.023 percentage point to 5.641%, finishing just off multiyear highs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

While the 10-year Treasury yield Thursday ticked lower to 5.233%, it is fresh off its steepest one-quarter run-up since 1994, helping propel U.S. mortgage rates past 7%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

My mom had to put in extra hours at the nursing home, and Dad was pretty ticked off.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

With the hours ticking down to the closing ceremony, when Japan will hand over the baton to Doha, top officials were on the defensive.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

The sets have too many doors, the scenes have a delirious number of extras and the actors yell their lines over the distracting clatter of crackling fireplaces, beeping machines and ticking clocks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

“While the constant rotation has kept us from seeing a correlation-one selloff, we continue to think the clock is ticking, and we see one sooner than later,” says Krinsky.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

"He's a superstar and I'd love to think I'd have the opportunity to be up against him again, but I don't know, maybe time is ticking."

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Dari was supposed to be there already, and the minutes kept ticking by, and fluttery panic bloomed in my chest.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller