shifting

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“Gold remains around 18% below its pre-conflict level, reflecting the combined impact of rising bond yields, a stronger dollar, and shifting interest rate expectations.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

"In particular, with conditions such as addiction and obsessive-compulsive disorder we see a difficulty in breaking habits and shifting behavior. So, understanding the mechanics of behavioral flexibility may one day help us develop better treatments."

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Seong-Hyon Lee, a visiting scholar at the Harvard University Asia Center, also said Beijing is shifting towards "underwriting regime durability" rather than seeking to coerce North Korea into denuclearisation.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Instead, it saw investors shifting away from tech stocks, which critics have warned are overvalued and could crash in the same way as the dotcom bubble in the early 2000s.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

“We have successfully completed the world’s most difficult shipwreck search, battling constantly shifting sea-ice, blizzards, and temperatures dropping down to –18C. We have achieved what many people said was impossible.”

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler