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The auction comes as investors brace for rising interest rates after hawkish communication from Federal Reserve officials followed the central bank’s first rate increase since 2023 last week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

With California virtually certain to see a “super” El Niño, residents and business owners are being asked to brace for a wet and potentially punishing winter later this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

U.S. drivers also might want to brace for gas prices to rise in the weeks ahead from their current average of $4.32 a gallon at the pump.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

As employers brace for a fresh round of rising healthcare costs that outpace inflation, the stakes are getting higher for companies to contain spending on treatments such as popular GLP-1 medications for weight loss.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

They’re these foot brace things that sit on the track and let you be in a ready position to start charging down your lane.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

Oil companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico have begun curbing production and evacuating personnel from offshore facilities as the region braces for Tropical Storm Isaias.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Modeling was performing, but I had braces and noticed I was chubbier than everybody else, creating new anxieties. To be 11, 12, and 13 just sucked.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Their meeting comes as the 27-member European Union braces for tough negotiations to agree a joint budget for the seven-year stretch 2028-34.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

News of Formosa’s death comes as Southern California braces for another week of extreme heat that weather forecasters have predicted will be the hottest yet in this already very hot year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Allys hands me the braces that still steady her, and she slides in next to me.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Investors had already braced for the worst, as the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

I braced for a fight and put my hands flat on the table.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Treasury yields were mixed as markets braced for increased bond buyback.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

The UK is braced for its fifth heatwave of the year this week, as persistent dry weather puts further pressure on water supplies and could see more areas declared in drought.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

He braced his back against a pole and was about to try to kick the windshield out, when something dark and very big swam past outside.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

Rebecca Onion declares that the miniseries is a bracing delight, akin to “kissing a dead fish and taking a shot”—and that’s a compliment!

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

Because the options market is apparently bracing for an outbreak of volatility beginning later this month.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

But “Tender Loving Care,” centered on two social service workers navigating the fraying social safety net and, in one case, anxiety about aging parents, possesses a bracing humanity full of compassion and urgency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The capital was bracing for a fresh showdown on Monday, with Gandhi, leader of the Congress party, urging supporters to join a march to the Supreme Court.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

I stood up, bracing myself for the encounter, and stepped from the familiar darkness of the hut into the greying night outside.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya