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The Bank of Canada kept its main interest rate unchanged at 2.25%, and signaled the rate may stay close to that level so long as the economy evolves as forecast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
He is in a brute profession with a brute standard—winning, period—and a long tradition of ignoring all sorts of regrettable employee behavior so long as the victories continue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
“Anything can be a VHS movie, so long as you can picture it in the most well-stocked store you’ve ever been in your life in 1998, before DVDs had a section,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
And somehow, a threat like that could make a cop’s behavior more legal and not less, so long as it’s characterized as a “warning.”
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026
"I'm never going to try and change the way anyone wants to live, so long as they're being good. But that said, I do want my students to get some schooling."
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
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