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The bank's governor Elvira Nabiullina said at a press conference that higher gasoline prices were "one of the key factors" that influenced the decision to opt for a smaller rate cut.

From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026

Giacometti was deeply influenced by ancient Egyptian art, returning to it for inspiration and instruction throughout his career and studying how in its economy of detail it still captured humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

In this view, the shape of spacetime is influenced not just by mass and energy, as Einstein taught us, but also by how quantum information is distributed, especially through entanglement.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026

"It influenced me a lot because nothing is given in life. You have to work for things, you have to sacrifice a lot to get where you sometimes get your goal."

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

The claim that Copernicus was influenced by neo-Platonism has been contested: Rosen, ‘Was Copernicus a Neoplatonist?’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton