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Recent Examples of countertrendIn 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
At the same time, a countercurrent is gaining momentum—one rooted in indigenous knowledge systems, farmer autonomy, and land stewardship.
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Christopher Marquis,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Key features include a sun deck, with a large pool with countercurrent jets and a Jacuzzi, and five balconies and sea terraces, one of which connects to a lower deck guest cabin.
This ratio, known as the marginal propensity to spend, was more than two times the level typically found for gains in the stock market or home values.
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Robert Frank,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
Aaron Glenn, Payton’s one-time assistant coach in New Orleans, is off to the worst start for a first-year coach through five games in franchise history, a considerable mark given the Jets’ propensity for shuffling through coaches.
Package cannot clear due to customs delay or missing info.
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Kayla Steinberg,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2025
As digitization and agentic AI reshape work from customer service to customs, DHL is also upskilling people for digital roles and training supervisors to lead the transition.
When jurors came forward with concerns, Farber was strict about respecting the sanctity of deliberations and cautioned them not to discuss the content or tenor of jury room discussions, transcripts show.
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Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
Breckenridge also had to find the voice and emotional tenor of her take on Santa.
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Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
While stocks in the region, so far, have underperformed their emerging-market peers, letting down many investors, these lower valuations are attractive to KKR because of the positive macro trends.
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Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
9 Oct. 2025
An extension of little luxuries, this trend is an easy way to treat yourself to something both beautiful and delicious!
But if the exponential curves falter, the bets—which now entangle most of the world’s most valuable companies—might cost a lot more than one company, and threaten the entire economy.
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Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
For those who are more into curves than angles, the Bialetti Moon takes all the functional elements of the moka stovetop espresso maker and subdues them with a rounded stainless steel silhouette.
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