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“With considerable budget uncertainty facing businesses, we can’t imagine many firms will have rushed to increase staffing levels in this environment,” Investec economist Ellie Henderson said in a note ahead of the jobs data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

My housekeeper will have rushed out of the house in a fury, two hours before, hoping that Perry will believe she has gone to drown herself. 

From The Lifted Veil by Eliot, George