That tariff rate was later reduced to 15% when the two sides agreed on a trade deal, but uncertainty remains about the stability of that agreement and how imports of certain European goods, such as steel, will be taxed by Washington.
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Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
19 Aug. 2026
Traffic on the critical waterway, through which one-fifth of global crude oil typically flows, has reduced to a trickle since the war started in February.
Mathon downsized that proposal, and in late June asked to rezone just 98 acres for multifamily development, while dividing the rest of the acreage — much of it with wetlands — between traditional housing and industrial park zones.
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Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
3 Aug. 2026
In last November’s constitutional amendment election, the county downsized the number of polling locations, citing cost reductions and low turnout in odd year elections.
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Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 July 2026
The term refers to when tobacco companies in the 1990s were forced to pay billions of dollars for misleading the public about the safety and potential harms of their products, and subsequently saw their power and influence dramatically diminished.
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Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
18 Aug. 2026
But the likelihood of finding more survivors has diminished sharply since the first 72 hours after the earthquake.
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Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
18 Aug. 2026
Menu descriptions arrive as terse little trios—tuna, foie gras and shiso; cuttlefish, buckwheat and celtuce; turbot, lettuce and sake—but the cooking behind them is anything but abbreviated.
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Lela London,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2026
Fair, 72, lives in the Sam Chriest Home in Cupertino, operated by Adults Toward Independent Living, abbreviated as ATIL.
Dimethyl ether, or DME, is a gas that can be compressed into a liquid at room temperature under 75 psi, a relatively low pressure similar to that of a bike tire.
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Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Aug. 2026
My salary has been compressed by decades of raises well below inflation and stagnant institutional pay scales.
Still, the lack of strong depth in the Phillies’ system may have lessened their ability to make deals such as those listed above.
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Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
4 Aug. 2026
Rutherford shares that, until now, a voyage like his would not have been possible, but warmer climates globally have drastically lessened the ice in the Arctic.
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