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[vur-ti-kuhl] / ˈvɜr tɪ kəl /


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Another challenge also looms: federal regulations aimed at protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales, which migrate along the East Coast and risk entanglement in the vertical lines from lobster traps to surface buoys.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

The electric vertical takeoff and landing fleets will be in Austin, Houston and the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the aircraft company said Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

“While we suspect there would be some financial synergies, the true value would be in vertical integration,” Levy said in an Oct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

They found that its complex weather is largely governed by just two factors: changes in temperature and the vertical structure of its clouds.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

As they drew nearer, however, his face shone through the gloom, hairless, snakelike, with slits for nostrils and gleaming red eyes whose pupils were vertical.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

These new verticals have much more promising prospects than cars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

While other companies have called out pressures on discretionary spending, food and beverage was one of Block’s strongest verticals in the first quarter, Ahuja said.

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

Several end markets are improving, though capital investment remains muted in some verticals, Monet said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

While removal of the legal overhang allows management to concentrate on new business verticals as well as international expansion, Grosslight is opting to remain Neutral-rating until he sees renewed growth from those verticals and markets.

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

The devices which aid the figure painter in disposing of one or many verticals have been briefly viewed.

From Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures by Henry Rankin Poore


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