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Recent Examples of job lotWhere some other towns operating similar schemes have put together a job lot of houses for €1, Castiglione di Sicilia is pricing the properties according to their condition.—Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 25 Apr. 2021
Closing the Strait of Hormuz One option that would have massive global consequences would be to close the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route through which more than 20 percent of the world’s oil supplies pass daily.
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Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
24 June 2025
While the nation’s food supply faces all sorts of threats, from diseases to tariffs to climate change, we are now faced with what can happen when the food supply is attacked by hackers, and not by directly targeting stores’ systems.
And the Orlando Magic swapped the No. 16 pick, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Cole Anthony and a heap of future first-round stock for Desmond Bane in a deal with the Memphis Grizzlies on June 15.
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Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
Clayton’s competitiveness and toughness developed as a high school football star, along with his clutch play on college basketball’s biggest stage continued to elevate his NBA stock.
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Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 June 2025
This accompanied offsetting changes in wholesale and retail inventories, which saw the former decrease by .3 percent while the latter increased at the same rate.
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Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
However, if firms need to absorb some of the cost to keep customers, Bowley said, reducing inventories, operations, or headcount are other potential options.
Fans braved 91-degree heat to attend the Houston concert and purchase merchandise.
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Caché McClay,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
Jobling said that the collection’s goal was to capture the intensity of the sport to create a wearable product that goes beyond just merchandise and focuses on design.
Producers would be able to monetize the certificates through commodity markets for corporate buyers, which could then substantiate supply chain and net zero climate claims.
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Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
1 July 2025
The people Tako services are its greatest commodity.
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