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With the apparel market forecast to grow 2-4 percent per year between 2023 and 2028—a steep falloff from the 7–14 percent seen during the post-Covid recovery—executives are homing in on more immediate budget squeezes.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026 -
That limits the ability for unexpected good news to trigger short squeezes that send the stock flying.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Real agencies usually provide clear, specific notices, not a long list of escalating threats in a single text.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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Peter Cade | Photodisc | Getty Images Many retirees worry about how threats like inflation, living longer or market volatility could impact their nest egg.—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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Eventually, face masks and lightweight swords gave us a taste of the back-and-forth ‘combat’ that define the sport.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Nolan instructed Göransson not to use an orchestra in the score, if only to subvert expectations for a swords-and-sandals film.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
12 May 2026
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His work grounds the supernatural in the everyday, drawn from real-world terrors.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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But there’s a real satisfaction in watching Ohm figure out the suite’s unique conveniences, run by analog systems of pulleys and levers, confronting the terrors within and mastering them for his survival.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
2 May 2026
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“Squeeze plays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeeze%20plays. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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