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The downward revisions also come as bitcoin has been treading water for the past few days and was trading slightly above $93,000 on Tuesday, almost 26% off its record high of $126,273 reached on Oct.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025

Intel’s data center business has been treading water as the industry has exploded.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2023

Mr. Mendoza has been treading some of the same trails as the father and uncles of Dominic Inda, 38, the sheep rancher who is his direct boss.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2022

The honest answer is that the United States has been treading water much of the time, trying to maintain a status quo that was inherently unstable.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2022

The column’s really written over at the National Palace and it’s meant to “serve notice” to anyone who has been treading on the tail of the rabid dog, as we say back home.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez