NYT front-page headlines, August 17–23, 2026

In the week ending Aug 23, 2026, 8 of the 14 words Polymarket listed appeared in front-page headlines; Parrot’s count agreed with all 14 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each.

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14 words · 8 settled yes · our count agreed on 14 of 14

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityMarket
Trump Yes1111✓67%n=9 from settlement history–
AI / Artificial Intelligence Yes66✓65%n=9 from settlement history–
Oil / Gas / Gasoline Yes22✓52%n=9 from settlement history–
Star Yes22✓30%n=2 from settlement history–
Race Yes11✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Japan Yes11✓48%n=3 from settlement history–
Fear Yes11✓43%n=5 from settlement history–
Blockade Yes11✓34%n=3 from settlement history–
Hot / Heat No00✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Woman No00✓42%n=7 from settlement history–
Crisis No00✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Gold No00✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Party No00✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Spain No00✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 21, 2026 04:22 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Print page (OCR) · The New York Times, front page (print) · Source · Quotes of at most 25 words; the full text is at the source.

2 matches for “Star”; 2 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Tuesday, August 18other

Star of ‘Nashville’ and ‘Heroes’ Jaguars and the Border

Friday, August 21other

A TikTok Star Is Born at 89

Where the listed words were said

Tuesday, August 18other“Trump”

THWARTED TRUMP THREATENS OMAN AS TRUCE EXPIRES

Monday, August 17other“AI / Artificial Intelligence”

U.S. Military Is Tripped Up In A.I. Race

Wednesday, August 19other“Oil / Gas / Gasoline”

OIL GIANTS IN GULF SPRINT TO EXPAND RESERVES ABROAD

Monday, August 17other“Fear”

Held by Russia, Ukrainian Feels ‘Crushing’ Fear

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