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Weak leasing activity and an overabundance of space combined to push the nationwide vacancy rate up to an 11-year high last year and led many developers to pare back construction plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Because the structure is known to deteriorate during aging and neurodegenerative disease, its breakdown could push neurons into a damaging cycle involving greater amyloid production, further structural weakening, and eventual cell death.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
A successful push into new areas would bode well for XPeng’s earnings as China’s EV industry experiences a slowdown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
This was “Obsessed Fest,” Amazon Prime Video’s first-ever fan convention and a declaration of its all-out push into romance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Her hands were small and lacked the strength to push the needle through the thickness of the cloth, and her fingers were spotted with blood where the needle had slipped.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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They are among the 8,000 employees -- some 10 percent of the workforce -- Meta said it would lay off in Spring, as it pushes to redirect resources toward an ambitious AI agenda.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Recognizing that the more our lives are mediated with digital tools the harder it becomes to live without them has catalyzed less explicitly political pushes for offline attention as well.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Those players are released in March but with a special accounting designation that pushes most of the newly created prorated charges into the following league year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Normally, the onshore flow — a west-to-southwest wind that creates the ocean breeze and pushes air away from the coasts — would push the particulate matter with it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
I ask myself how I’d feel if it was Mimi standing in front of me, scared and alone – and that is what pushes me to save them.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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Companies can’t get enough memory and storage chips as AI demand pushed up their cost so much that Apple had to raise prices for some of its products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Having seen the human toll of that policy, she said it was unconscionable Paxton pushed so hard to ensure it could continue.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Despite developers eyeing the prime real estate on the country's tourist coast, activists like Lika successfully pushed to protect the site, which is over four times the size of New York's Central Park.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
When the woman was asked by Laws if she agreed that Spencer had "barely" touched her, she said: "No, because I pushed away from him."
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The guard pushed open the door, gave a straight-armed salute, and marched smartly off.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Treasury yields rose in Asian trading but remained below Tuesday’s high, after the June CPI print missed expectations, pushing yields lower by the end of the day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
But the firm's chief executive officer Christophe Fouquet said AI was still pushing his business forward.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
But it may just be pushing more people away.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
The group is pushing for the creation of more guardrails, incentives and institutions to “steer AI in a direction that complements humans and benefits society.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Your mom and sis have skills,” Kiki says, rolling the key chain around in one hand while pushing the stroller back and forth.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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