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Rather the gauge of inflation indicators is edging higher at the same time as rising government-bond yields globally, robust economic data and high valuations.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Growth looks healthy on paper, yet hiring has slowed and unemployment is edging higher.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

The owner of the Fukushima nuclear power plant is edging closer to having one of its nuclear reactors restarted for the first time since the 2011 disaster.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

“It is a missed opportunity, in light of recent analyses suggesting China is edging closer to its emissions peak,” said Li Shuo, an analyst at the Asia Society Policy Institute in Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2025

Zander is sometimes depressed, too, and Annabelle herself is anxious, and Sierra is edging toward an eating disorder, and those are only the things she knows for sure.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti