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In 2024, the company achieved a $7/barrel West Texas Intermediate (WTI) breakeven reduction, and its overall breakeven sits ~$45/barrel.—
David Trainer,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025 -
The Bengals’ defensive changes should result in a marginal reduction in production, which moves Burrow just outside of the top three at his position.—
KC Joyner,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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This reform would help the legal system better focus on serious crimes while reducing unnecessary prosecutions, which should lead to lower prison numbers and a decrease in repeat offenses.—
Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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That’s a decrease from last year, when local beer makers earned 38 accolades.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
17 July 2025
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Video equipment: Prices surged a record 4.5% in June after rising 1% in May in this category that typically has seen more deflation than inflation since 1998, when the BLS started tracking it.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
15 July 2025
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China's economy grew at a slower clip in the second quarter, slightly beating expectations as trade tensions with the U.S. rattled an economy already mired in deflation and a years-long housing downturn.—
Amala Balakrishner,
CNBC,
14 July 2025
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The first phase would involve building the park and renovating the house, including electrical upgrades, sewer replacements, and asbestos and lead abatement.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
29 June 2025
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It’s painted and repaired the exterior wood siding and windows, replaced the roof and conducted asbestos abatement on the interior.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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Using brain scans from a very large database, British researchers determined that during the pandemic years of 2021 and 2022, people’s brains showed signs of aging, including shrinkage, according to the report published in Nature Communications.—
Linda Carroll,
NBC news,
22 July 2025
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The study released Thursday shows the sector’s worth was €1.5 trillion ($1.7 trillion) in 2024, though for Q1 of 2025 estimates are shrinkage of 3% compared to last year.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
19 June 2025
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There are many worthwhile ways to write about the arts, but her sniping at reviews suggests a faux expansion that would actually be a grave diminution.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
24 July 2025
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The demonstrable diminution of Russia’s space-exploration capabilities and plans makes the nation’s need for partnerships all the more urgent—and, some analysts say, all the harder to come by because Russia seemingly has less to offer potential partners.—
Eugene Gerden,
Scientific American,
30 June 2025
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Price was making lower lows and lower highs, the moving averages were all sloping downwards, the RSI was consistently below 50, and the relative strength was in a confirmed downtrend.—
David Keller,
CNBC,
10 July 2025
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The median and average unemployment duration climbed back to near pandemic-era highs, with the share of those out of work for 15 weeks or more jumping to 38.3%, from 34.9%, reversing a downtrend over the last six months.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
3 July 2025
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The panel’s lack of enthusiasm for this category expresses itself in a drastic falloff after the first three contenders, as different from each other as TV movies can be.—
Michael Ordoña,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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But the price tag of projects is rising with higher construction costs and worries about the falloff in tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2025
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“De-escalation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/de-escalation. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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