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squeeze
equity
Higher
smolder
haul
upset
informant
disputed

squeeze

意味　（経済的に）〈人· 活動など〉を苦しめる, 〈利益など〉を減らす

Cost of living: Beyond Meat hit as inflation squeezes shoppers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66435863

Cost of living: Beyond Meat hit as inflation squeezes shoppers

The vegan food firm's revenues fell by 30.5% as inflation impacts household budgets.

equity

意味　[-ties][株式] 普通株 (優先株などと異なり特別の権利を持たない); 普通株主権.

Simon & Schuster purchased by private equity firm KKR for $1.62 billion
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/simon-schuster-purchased-private-equity-firm-kkr-162-102088231

Simon & Schuster purchased by private equity firm KKR for .62 billion

Simon & Schuster has been sold to the private equity firm KKR, months after a federal judge blocked its purchase by riva...

経済用語は一応調べるけど、もう脳のキャパ的に覚えられる気がしない…w

Higher

意味　[C] (スコット) 高等教育の修了証書.

I sat my Higher in Turkey, then set a British record
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66340599

I sat my Higher exam in Turkey, then set a British record

On results day, three teenagers reveal the unusual conditions they studied for their exams under.

ちなみにsitは「(主に英· ややかたく)〈試験〉を受ける ((米)take) 」の意味と思う。成句で載ってるかと思ったけど見当たらずで、しぶしぶ2単語調べたえらい。

smolder

意味　〈火· 燃焼物が〉くすぶる.

New Mexico plastics fire that released hazardous pollutants could smolder for days
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-mexico-plastics-fire-released-hazardous-pollutants-rcna98567

New Mexico plastics fire that released hazardous pollutants could smolder for days

Firefighters in Albuquerque have contained the fire, which prompted a health alert.

haul

意味　(主に報道) （1 度に獲得した）大量得点 [メダル].

The Hundred: Fi Morris completes first women’s Hundred five-wicket haul
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/cricket/66432867

Morris grabs first women's Hundred five-wicket haul

Manchester Original's Fi Morris completes the first ever five-wicket haul in the women's Hundred against Birmingham Phoe...

upset

意味　[be ～]〈人が〉＜…に＞取り乱して, うろたえて; あわてふためいて; 腹を立てて, 機嫌が悪い＜about, by, with, at, over＞

8-year-old Chicago girl fatally shot by man upset with kids making noise: Witnesses
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/8-year-chicago-girl-fatally-shot-man-upset-102070356

Neighbors say a Chicago man charged with killing an 8-year-old girl was upset over noise

A Chicago man has been charged with first-degree murder after witnesses say an 8-year-old girl riding a scooter was fata...

せめて親の方を撃てよ…。

informant

意味　＝informer　[C]密告者, たれこみ屋, 情報提供者

Ukraine says Russian informant has been detained in Zelenskyy assassination plot
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/zelenskyy-assassination-plot-ukraine-detains-russia-informant-rcna98507

Ukraine: Russian informant detained in Zelenskyy assassination plot

The woman was sharing intelligence with the Russians to set up an airstrike during the president's recent visit to the s...

disputed

意味　[[名]の前で]（領有権をめぐって）係争中の〈土地〉; 論争中の

China faces backlash after firing water cannon at U.S. ally’s boat in disputed sea
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-fires-water-cannon-philippines-boat-south-china-sea-rcna98482