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The effect on sentiment, the researchers find, comes not just from higher prices, but from how far and how often conditions have deviated from the relative stability that defined the prepandemic period.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

In its statement on Tuesday, the IDF said an inquiry into the incident had "determined that the soldiers' conduct completely deviated from IDF orders and values" and expressed "deep regret over the incident".

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

All throughout, NewsNation deviated away from a focus on local newscasts, instead recruiting media celebrities who’d lost their jobs at other networks: CNN’s Chris Cillizza, Fox News’ Chris Stirewalt, Newsmax’s Sean Spicer.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

However, some of these tokenized offerings have significantly deviated in value from underlying shares and critics point out that they are technically derivatives that don’t convey the same shareholder rights as underlying securities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

“Now on four occasions recently,” Powell said, “your boss deviated from brain-scheme. Do you remember those occasions?”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov