tread
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That metric is currently signaling that investors should tread carefully, Opsal said in a phone interview Monday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Starmer promised a politics that “would tread more lightly on voters’ lives” and would be guided by moderate policies aimed at fine-tuning the state rather than overhauling it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
This includes fully working lights and electrics, tyres in good condition with sufficient tread and the overall condition of the vehicle.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
That’s all the more reason for investors in semiconductor stocks to tread cautiously.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
The floorboards creaked under his tread as he paced up and down outside the locked door.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
Instead of tech stocks rising broadly, you might see chip-maker stocks start to heat up, or perhaps gold stocks may outperform while the broader commodities sector treads water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026
The parade this Saturday is said to cost $45 million, not counting the expense of disrupting much of the city for four days and repairing the damage done by tank treads.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2025
As Guardiola treads water at Manchester City we are waiting to find out where the sport goes next.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2025
Government investigators said the steel treads of the excavator struck rock and caused ignition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024
On and on he treads, through the suburbs and finally into the city.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
EU trade ministers meeting in Brussels Friday trod a fine line, stressing that the EU-China relationship was important, but more balance was needed.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Katherine Mansfield could write wonderful lines such as: “The men walked like scissors; the women trod like cats.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
On a negative note for Barca, De Jong was dismissed in stoppage time for a second yellow card as he trod on Iago Aspas' foot.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2025
Tourists have long come here, whether to day-trip through hiking trails where prophets once trod or visit the village’s different churches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
It was very hard to move through crowds in the Invisibility Cloak, in case you accidentally trod on someone, which tended to lead to awkward questions.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
“We’ll likely follow the same path we’ve trodden in the United States, and so it will begin with a commercial footprint.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
The path to investment success is easy to find because it’s well trodden and simple.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
This pathway is now so well trodden as to have become a trope: the male feminist who deeply, appallingly wasn’t.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2025
As hip-hop rose from the streets to the mainstream in the 90s, the rappers and hustlers that broke through had few role models who had trodden that path before them.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024
It didn’t look like anything out of the ordinary—just trodden dirt weaving around the trees.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
Actors, writers, production staff and movie fans are still resistant to the overuse of AI and defining when and where it is acceptable, so studios are treading lightly, said AI film studio CEO Mooser.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
“In this higher-rate environment, home price growth remains constrained, with housing largely treading water in nominal terms and falling in real terms,” said Nicholas Godec at S&P Dow Jones Indices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
“It’s kind of a treading water labor market, so it’s not in a bad place, but it’s not in a great place either,” he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
"But to be polarising is to be talked about and to be cared about, and I think I'd always rather that than be constantly treading on eggshells and trying to dictate how people perceive you."
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
I coughed and kicked, treading water with one arm while trying to keep the kid’s face above the surface.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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