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It is that coercive group dynamics can compel a remarkably wide range of harmful behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are increasingly used for a wide range of ailments.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
It’s more like “a gradual increase, because the surge, or the bulge in the ocean height itself, is hundreds of miles wide ... it takes a while to build.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
From these wide areas, facing forward, he can give the ball to attackers looking for it.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
My stomach twists when she says that, and her wide, almond-shaped, coffee-brown eyes, framed by her perfectly plucked eyebrows, bore into mine.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
That said, Lerner believes broader participation in the rally would strengthen the bull market further as equity markets “are generally healthier” when a wider group of stocks is advancing.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Officials say Israel decided it needed wider buffer zones and a stepped-up military presence to protect civilian communities and soldiers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The fighting in Yemen has in recent weeks become the most active front of the wider regional conflict, which for months has seen violence repeatedly shift focus across the beleaguered Middle East.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
When the ride was approved in 1999, the ESA did not guarantee funding or wider support for the project.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
He looks me over, a black knit cap pulled down over his ears, and pushes the door open a little wider.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
A measure of the stress: France has to pay about 0.85 percentage point in additional interest than Germany to issue a 10-year bond, near its widest point in years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
It's a gap of 5.8 percentage points this year, down from 6.2 last year and 9.5 in 2017, when it was at its widest this century.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
A bit farther down the list sits yet another Vanguard fund that casts the widest possible net, owning 10,000 stocks globally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
This marks the planet's widest visible separation from the Sun during its current appearance in the evening sky.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Sauakari picked out the widest available shoes and held them against Wiwor’s feet, but the shoes were still too narrow, sending Achmad and Sauakari and Ping Wah into peals of laughter.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
