loss

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The shares shed 2.1%, heading toward a three-month low in premarket trading, putting them on track for a seventh straight loss.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

The Brighton defeat was a fifth successive league loss without scoring, their worst run for 114 years.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Boeing’s BA -2.63%decrease; red down pointing triangle commercial jet production lines continued to gain steam in the first quarter, helping reduce the company’s quarterly loss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

As families lose income to raids — whether through the direct loss of a working family member or in the form of lost business production or sales — they spend less in the local economy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

That same 7 percent loss would thus wipe out, entirely, any CDO made up of triple-B bonds, no matter what rating was assigned it.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis