buck
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Can Kane buck history and win Ballon d'Or?
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
“The buck should stop here, and it should stop now,” they wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
“Many new players are entering the space, perhaps looking to make a quick buck off the AI boom,” says Caitilín McManus, an analyst at BloombergNEF who tracks power and water for data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
That could continue to weigh on the buck, potentially opening the door to a dramatic weakening on par with what investors have seen with the Japanese yen.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
‘I didn’t even know the buck was yours! How can I be guilty if I didn’t know?’
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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