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And the yield rise isn’t just a U.S. phenomenon, as government bond yields around the world, such as on the U.K.’s gilts, Germany’s bunds and Japan’s JGBs, have run up to multi-year highs.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

According to Prakash there are a few key moments when Bombay really changed - in the 1830s and 40s, when reclamations and bunds joined the seven separate islets into a single island city.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Yields on benchmark German sovereign bunds have inched down since the announcement.

From Barron's • Dec. 30, 2025

The euro nursed losses on Wednesday and has helped the dollar to make a strong start to 2023, after a surprise slowdown in German inflation rallied bunds and sent the common currency sliding.

From Reuters • Jan. 4, 2023

The holes containing the seed are not covered up, but people are placed on the bunds to drive away birds, until the young grain has well sprung up.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.