本日の将棋棋戦
白玲戦女流順位戦D級ラス前対局が行われました。
磯谷祐維女流初段(7)が岩崎夏子女流2級(37)に勝ち，7勝0敗として，
順位戦C級への昇級を決めました。
負けた岩崎女流2級は3勝4敗。
同じく松下舞琳女流初段(8)が鎌田美礼女流1級(23)に勝ち，
7勝0敗として，順位戦C級への昇級を決めました。
負けた鎌田女流級は4勝3敗となりました。
今井絢女流初段(5)は和田はな女流1級(28)に負けて，5勝2敗となり，
昇級争い，黄色信号へ。勝った和田女流1級は2勝5敗となりました。
渡辺弥生女流二段(3)vs藤井奈々女流初段(2)戦は渡辺女流二段が勝ち，
両者，4勝3敗となりました。勝った渡辺女流二段は一瞬，頓死筋に入るも
事なきを得て，勝利となりました。
王将戦一次予選決勝，松尾歩八段vs三枚堂達也七段戦，
秒読みの中，松尾八段が頓死，三枚堂七段が二次予選進出。
Roland Garros 2025
女子シングルス，第3シードのペグラ選手はノーシードのボイソン選手に逆転負け。
ベスト8の顔ぶれが出揃いました。
(サバレンカ(1)vsジェン・チンウェン(8))vs(スビトリーナ(13)vsシフィオンテク(5))
vs
(アンドレーバ(6)vsボイソン)vs(キーズ(7)vsガウフ(2))
ジェンチンウェン選手がサバレンカ選手相手に二連勝できるのかが
焦点ですね。
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MOODY'S DOWNGRADES U.S. CREDIT RATING BY ONE NOTCH
cite verb [T] formal
uk /saɪt/ us /saɪt/
to mention something because it proves an idea, explains why something happened, or is an example of what you mean:
Johnson resigned from the board after just six months, citing "differences of opinion".
notch noun [C]
uk /nɒtʃ/ us /nɑːtʃ/
notch noun [C] (POSITION)
an imaginary point or position in a system of comparing values, where a higher position is better and a lower position is worse:
Among current players, she is rated a notch above (= is better than) the rest.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)
entitlement spending
uk /ɪnˈtaɪ.təl.mənt/ us /ɪnˈtaɪ.t̬əl.mənt/
Mandatory spending, also known as entitlement spending, refers to government expenditures that are legally required and not subject to the annual appropriations process. These types of expenses are predetermined by existing laws and must be paid regardless of the annual budget negotiations.
(https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/principles-econ/mandatory-spending)
metric noun [C]
uk /ˈmet.rɪk/ us /ˈmet.rɪk/
a system for measuring something:
The measuring stick he uses is called the "Energy Producing Factor",a metric that describes the amount of energy spent to create a given amount of energy.
Measuring business success means determining and monitoring key performance metrics.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)
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アメリカの大手格付け機関（格付け会社）が / 格下げしました / アメリカ（政府）の信用格付けを。
Major U.S. ratings agency / has downgraded / the credit rating of the United States.
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Ukraine: Russian bombers burning 'en masse' at Russian airbases after drone attack
Ukraine has carried out large-scale drone strikes against several airbases deep inside Russia, destroying multiple combat planes, according to the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU). The operation, dubbed “Spiderweb,” comes on the eve of expected peace talks in Istanbul between Russia and Ukraine, and involved the most ambitious simultaneous strikes on Russian airbases carried out by Ukraine since the war began.
CNN's Fredricka Whitfield talks with CNN field producer Sebastian Shukla and former CNN Moscow bureau chief Jill Dougherty.
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