tack
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Fuel prices are likely to ease, assuming the cease-fire holds, but airlines will almost certainly keep trying to raise fares and tack on extra charges.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
And to be fair, even investors who have taken a more optimistic tack have acknowledged that tactical buying by hedge funds and other sophisticated investors appears to be doing much of the heavy lifting here.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
Notably, his previous decisions to tack it up to other, prevalent life circumstances.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Miliband pushed back against calls to change tack on net zero, arguing the UK needed to get off the "fossil fuel rollercoaster".
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
If she hadn’t intended the map as a clue—and the ripped tack holes told me she hadn’t—I figured we’d gotten all the clues she’d intended for us and now much more.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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