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Hong Leong maintains an overweight rating on Malaysian oil and gas sector, pegging Dialog as its top pick on its stronger earnings visibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
It makes perfect sense that a film with such finely tuned aesthetic sensibilities like “Practical Magic” would rise to the top of the ultimate autumn streaming picks.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
And yet Arsenal and Manchester City, who have been the top two in three of the past four seasons, look a level above everyone else so far.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
In this list of concerns, one of the top ones is often food.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
On the top of the tower where it could be seen by all the ships in the harbor was a tall shaft with two movable arms.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
North Dakota tops the list of states most dependent on exports to Canada, due largely to its petroleum industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Solaris Energy stock soars after the company raises quarterly guidance expectations that tops Wall Street forecasts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Observations also show that it extends through several layers of the atmosphere, meaning it is not simply a pattern visible at the cloud tops.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
If Act III tops the charts next week, Kasabian will beat Led Zeppelin's tally of having seven consecutive studio albums go to number one.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Leah could see the tops of tombstones from her kitchen pantry.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
But they are also excellent spooned onto little buns, topped with cheese and baked into mushroom sliders.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Of those companies, 72 have issued earnings-per-share outlooks that topped Wall Street’s expectations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 13, 2026
Interest rates on a 30-year fixed mortgage have topped 7% for the first time in more than a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Last month, the national debt topped $40 trillion for the first time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
I wanted to hide the single sheet of paper inside a massive gift box wrapped with metallic paper and topped with a sparkly gold bow.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
The really hard one is the second championship because everybody starts to think they were the reason that the first one worked, and just the difficulty of topping an emotional high like that —”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Revenue rose to $898.2 million, topping analyst expectations for nearly $877 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Shares in Broadcom dipped more than 2% in premarket trading on Thursday despite topping analysts’ expectations for its fiscal third quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
MongoDB’s quarterly revenue grows 30% to $771.8 million, topping analysts’ calls for $735 million.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Chicken gasped when he saw a papier-mâché hammerhead topping an arrangement of shark books.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
