reversal
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Beginning in 2016, the region experienced substantial losses in sea ice coverage, marking a striking reversal from the preceding decades.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
In a role reversal, the Dodgers, who scored almost exclusively via the home run in the first round, pulled ahead with a pesky approach at the plate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
"Short-term increases in demand for coal as a result of an international supply shock should not be seen as a reversal of this direction," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Fortunes started to change in July, as investors endured a historic reversal in the AI-fueled momentum trade.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
The last reversal was about 750,000 years ago.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
"Engagement is slow, progress is incremental, and reversals are frequent," is the UN's sober summary of the past five years of on-off dialogue.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
But if you assume that momentum will keep working long term, while you also worry about the occasional reversals, a reversal is a positive, not a negative.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Plus, Republicans are fretting over Trump’s latest policy reversals, and how the World Cup became an unexpected triumph for America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Bringing the constraints of cultural anthropology back into biomolecular analysis allows other reversals to emerge.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
We had won four reversals in death penalty cases in 1990, four more in 1991, and by the end of 1992, we'd won relief for another eight death row prisoners.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing reversal
Novel Study: Of Mice and Men, Chapters 1–3
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