volatile
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Their rise followed a volatile week of trading fueled by skittishness about the AI boom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Seafarers' unions have also expressed concern over safety in volatile regions and called for better protection.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, was either in line or cooler than economist expectations, depending on whether you looked at the monthly or annual rate increase.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose 1.1% from a year earlier in May, compared with April’s 1.2% growth, the statistics bureau said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
He had not our dire incentive for the success of that Regiment—a noncommissioned officer in a hated regiment in a precarious fastness only a few hundred feet from a growing and volatile enemy.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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