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Even tourism, which the regime has tried to hype since the 1990s, is in bad shape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
But memory stocks like Micron don’t tend to trade at multiples seen elsewhere in the chip sector because investors are thinking about earnings potential not only in good periods but also in bad ones.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026
Back in Hawaii, the former congresswoman has been in bad odor for years.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
"We're more worried about food. Venezuela is in bad shape. Inflation is eating us alive," one man said.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
But it also it caused an ache in his heart - a ghostly pain, like an old war wound throbbing in bad weather.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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