watershed
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Sheinbaum reached a watershed moment in her presidency last weekend when she forced Sinaloa state Gov. Rubén Rocha—a close ally of López Obrador—out of office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Plans to roughly double buybacks to at least $4 billion per operation in September do not necessarily point to a watershed moment for the roughly $31 trillion Treasury market, strategists said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
For Gerry Lennon, the Fleadh was a "watershed moment" for a city he has championed for the past 25 years as chief executive of Visit Belfast.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The company added it was "exploring opportunities" for solar energy and battery storage on site, and it would make use of "non-potable, brackish groundwater" which it said would avoid putting pressure on the watershed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
In 1954, as we have seen, the watershed of this branch of the Miramichi was heavily sprayed.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Addressing common criticisms, he pledged to keep electricity prices low by building its own energy-generating infrastructure wherever Meta invests and to restore more water than it uses in the watersheds it operates by 2030.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
When exploring the watersheds east of Cuzco, Peru, he writes, Miller was “overawed by the tropical forest canopy stretching to infinity before him.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Of these, 16 formed interconnected watersheds covering at least 100,000 square kilometers.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025
The early-season storms will play an important role in priming watersheds for the rest of the winter, experts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
Such places, the watersheds of the great coniferous forests of spruce and balsam, of hemlock and pine, provide the kind of spawning grounds that salmon must have in order to survive.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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