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The report comes with questions over the state of the labor market as well as worries about stubbornly higher inflation, the latter coming even more into view with the fighting in Iran and the Middle East.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026 -
For years, economists have debated whether AI would be a net creator or destroyer of jobs—a debate that has mostly played out in conference rooms and research papers while the macro data remained stubbornly stable.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
3 Mar. 2026
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After an investigation, officials said the 18-year-old was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats to willfully cause great bodily harm.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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But, ultimately, the movie has the form of mismatched pieces stitched together and brought to life more willfully than coherently.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Obstinately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obstinately. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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