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The 10-year note and 30-year bond had their worst weekly performances since April and May on conflicting economic data that is sowing doubts about how much the Federal Reserve can cut interest rates in 2026.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025

Now the shambolic performance of the army in its recent battles with ethnic armed groups is sowing doubts in the minds of its supporters.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2024

But nearly three weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, the sharp drop-off in visitors is sowing a different kind of fear across an island where tourism dominates the economy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2023

The pocketbook bite, felt all the more keenly alongside higher prices for groceries, gas and rent, is sowing fresh fears about the affordability of higher education.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2022

And the fashion of that dance was like this: One man, having laid aside his arms, is sowing, and driving a yoke of oxen, constantly looking round as if he were afraid.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us