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In April, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the country was broadening its supply of naphtha to include more sources outside the Middle East, such as the US.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

That’s according to analysis from Scott Rubner, Citadel’s head of equity and equity derivatives strategy, who flagged a “meaningful shift in leadership” in an equity rotation that was broadening out in the new year.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

But some saw signs the recent cost-driven inflationary pressure was broadening, with one warning that a "big overshoot of inflation cannot be ruled out," according to the summary.

From Reuters • Nov. 8, 2022

By the late 1990s, he was broadening his research into other cancer treatments, developing drugs to fight not just diabetes but also breast cancer.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2018

The sky spoke of rain to come; but the light was broadening quickly, and the red flowers on the beans began to glow against the wet green leaves.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien