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[roil] / rΙ”Ιͺl /




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“It could roil money markets if the structural demand for reserves isn’t first lowered,” he says.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

The result is one of the strangest custody battles to ever roil the aerospace and museum industries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Now, however, the counterterrorism director’s role is coming back to light as hostilities roil the Middle East and heighten the risk of attacks in the United States or against American interests or allies overseas.

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026

Eurozone finance ministers raised expectations for inflation and lowered them for growth this year as the Iran war continues to roil energy markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

While Love and Rayleigh waves roil Earth’s surface and secondary waves shake solid rock deep within the planet, primary waves travel through Earth’s mantle and core, causing little damage on the surface.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

“When the consequences of a geopolitical crisis roils oil markets and bruises the bond market, it is only a matter of time before equities get hit,” Brooks of XTB added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The November summit in Antalya is taking shape as the Middle East conflict roils global energy markets, exposing fossil fuel importers to price spikes and supply shortages.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

But it instead feels like an easy escape hatch when what “On Swift Horses” promised was a richer psychological landscape about what roils inside hearts accustomed to hiding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025

Lucas benefits from both Menzies’ natural reserve and his ability to show what roils beneath that stoicism, a game of emotive hide-and-seek.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

Each hath his element; each is wary of brigandage; and a gulf roils between us all.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

In April, Anthropic roiled the AI world when it said it found that its Mythos tool could outperform humans at some hacking and cybersecurity tasks.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

The conflicts—a complex mix of war and nation building—cost the U.S. several trillion dollars and roiled South Asia and the Mideast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Controversy surrounding data center construction has roiled Texas in recent months, fostering a bipartisan coalition of opposition, particularly among rural and suburban residents.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

If the bicentennial roiled with some of the same tensions Americans feel today, it did benefit from a cultural cohesion that no longer exists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

But anger roiled in my belly, and after I boarded the bus back to the apartment that day I was seized by another idea.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina HenrΓ­quez

They closed Thursday with “Seek & Destroy,” a roiling cut from their 1983 debut “Kill ‘Em All,” and “Master of Puppets,” given new life as a major plot point in the horror-thriller series “Stranger Things.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen's Houthis accused the rebels on Wednesday of targeting Islam's holy city Mecca, sparking outrage across the Muslim world and deepening the conflict roiling the region.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

The insects protect their queen, collecting in a roiling, humming mass on his hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Iran has effectively halted traffic through the vital waterway that before the war carried a fifth of the world’s oil by launching drones and missiles at commercial ships, roiling the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

He dived down, kicking, staring into the deep, dark, roiling blue—when a hand grabbed him and pulled him up and away from the swirling wreckage.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell


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