bearings
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One possibility is that this new Fed moves too slowly to respond to the oil-price shock while it finds its intellectual bearings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas recently published a report for clients, flagging makers of bearings as potential “picks and shovels” plays for the robotics boom.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
“The second is the component layer beneath them, the motors, reducers, bearings, sensors, and power content inside the machines themselves.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Over two visits to the new building, getting my physical bearings mattered less and less as I surrendered to the generative sensations of not knowing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
If he hadn’t turned around, he might have kept his bearings, but now he’d lost them.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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