Example Sentences

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Presumably, those who could afford the intimidating ticket and parking prices at SoFi Stadium considered the experience worthwhile.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026

Oil prices have remained below $100 a barrel in recent weeks despite the Iran war and Strait of Hormuz disruption, driven in part by peace deal reports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Countries also launched policies to help consumers through higher prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

It was hopes of a peace deal and a pullback in Treasury bond yields tied to those slumping crude prices and fading—finally—inflation pressures that gave the bump.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

House prices in the sand states had risen fastest during the boom and so would likely crash fastest in a bust—and when they did, those low California default rates would soar.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis