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  "id": 5536684,
  "title": "The cost of living isn't killing joy - it’s just making us surgical about it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/the-cost-of-living-isnt-killing-joy-its-just-making-us-surgical-about",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T10:03:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews Business",
    "slug": "euronews-business",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/04/the-cost-of-living-isnt-killing-joy-its-just-making-us-surgical-about-it"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Nearly half - about 46% - of all money spent by EU households goes to three basic things: food, housing and energy, and transport. You need them to live, to get to work, and to keep the lights on.",
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        "title": "The cost of living isn't killing joy - it’s just making us surgical about it",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/the-cost-of-living-isnt-killing-joy-its-just-making-us-surgical-about-5539213",
        "published": "2026-09-04T10:03:07.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}