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Recent Examples of countertrendFirst, there was a classic bull flag pattern in July and August, with a short-term countertrend pattern of lower highs and lower lows.—David Keller, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025 In a travel landscape where nearly every detail can be planned, controlled, and optimized, a quiet countertrend is emerging—one that celebrates the unknown.—Ashley Kennedy, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2025 This average hid an important countertrend.—Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023 Yet as Andrés Spokoiny, president and CEO of the Jewish Funders Network, explains, NJPS also gave rise to a countertrend: deliberate policies of welcoming and attracting intermarried families.—Andrew Silow-Carroll, sun-sentinel.com, 11 May 2021 The Public Safety Partnership report noted that Cleveland saw a countertrend in violent crime during the last two decades.—Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 7 July 2020 The growth of conservative think tanks parallels the leftward migration of expertise in general: Call it a countertrend.—Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2011
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman told CBS News that the most effective way to reduce oil consumption is for people to change their driving habits — primarily by driving less — while acknowledging that engineering such a shift isn't easy.
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Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
Saline rinses at the first sign of congestion can prevent mouth breathing from hardening into habit.
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Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2026
The propensity for leftists to make politics central to their identity and derive meaning in life primarily from it also both reinforces and is reinforced by their discontent with just about everything around them.
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Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
As a result, Knight considered deploying a massive twist for Alfie in The Immortal Man, one that aligns with Tommy’s propensity to interact with the ghosts of his past.
Judging from the volume and tenor of user complaints, weather might be second only to social media as a space in need of fresh disruption.
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Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
The final blow was Thursday’s overtime loss to VCU in the NCAA Tournament in which the Rams rallied from 19 down for the biggest comeback in first-round history, changing the tenor of conversations about Davis’ future.
Eco effort Six Senses has long held the mantle for being ahead of the sustainability trend, and in Rome, the property was built to incorporate their ethos.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
Just the same, the flip side of this is that baseball is notoriously fickle and often deceptive from one day to the next, with the line between coincidence and trend ever-blurry.
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Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
Across the futures curve, however, prices tell another story.
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Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2026
The outer shell of the Louis Vuitton building consists of 3,600 unique glass panels, each bent to a different curve along a different axis, an evident tour de force of engineering and coordination.
With Mercury, Mars, the Sun, Saturn, and Neptune all moving through Aries this month, along with a new moon in your sign on April 17, the focus shifts decisively to your body, your appearance, and your desires.
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Kirah Tabourn,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
Pluto is in your supportive 4th house, guiding conversations with housemates or relatives about necessary shifts.