NYT front-page headlines, September 14–20, 2026

In the week ending Sep 20, 2026, 7 of the 15 words Polymarket listed appeared in front-page headlines; Parrot’s count agreed with all 15 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each.

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15 words · 7 settled yes · our count agreed on 15 of 15

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
AI / Artificial Intelligence Yes1111✓70%n=13 from settlement history–
Trump Yes1010✓71%n=13 from settlement history–
Vote / Voter / Votes Yes33✓54%n=2 from settlement history–
Risk / Risked Yes22✓44%n=3 from settlement history–
Space Yes11✓–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Woman Yes11✓38%n=11 from settlement history–
Peace Yes11✓29%n=4 from settlement history–
Oil / Gas / Gasoline No00✓63%n=4 from settlement history–
Putin No00✓46%n=3 from settlement history–
Golf / Golfer No00✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Ireland / Irish No00✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Laptop No00✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Lawyer No00✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Poverty No00✓–new new word, no probability yet–
Blockade No00✓38%n=5 from settlement history–

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.

Where the listed words were said

Monday, September 14other“AI / Artificial Intelligence”

Snooze Button On A.I. Alarm

Tuesday, September 15other“Trump”

Saudis, Besieged by Foes, Feel Brushed Off by Trump

Wednesday, September 16other“Vote / Voter / Votes”

Election Officials Work to Restore Trust With Confused Voters

Friday, September 18other“Risk / Risked”

DEEP-RED AREAS AT RISK FOR G.O.P. IN THE MIDTERMS

Monday, September 14other“Peace”

IRAN PEACE DEAL WAS SABOTAGED BY HARD-LINERS

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