change
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As has been well documented by scientists, climate change is causing hotter and longer heatwaves across the globe.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
The change set off a free-for-all this time around, as a dozen states bid for the chance to vote first.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Scientists warn that extreme weather events such as heatwaves are becoming more frequent and intense as a result of human-induced climate change.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Burris Duncan will use AI for easy fixes, but she isn’t ready to change her brakes or tinker with her engine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
“She helped me figure out a malfunctioning sprinkler system last fall. Then I helped her change a lightbulb she couldn’t reach.”
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
North Dakota’s part-time state legislature has to approve changes to the workers’ compensation statute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Davidson said his teams are having to make changes to the way they usually carry out elections.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
District Judge Sunshine S. Sykes ordered the government to make sweeping changes to medical care, sanitation, food, recreation, disability accommodations and visitation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Nanostructured refers to features engineered at an extremely small scale, where changes in shape and arrangement can strongly affect how ions move through a battery.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
The changes are small, probably undetectable to most, until I get to Willa’s room.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Job growth may not be great — but as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh said last week, “job gains have kept pace with the workforce, and the unemployment rate has changed little.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
But the US leader appeared to a have changed course after speaking with Saudi Arabia's crown prince and after Tehran also spoke to Riyadh, and to mediators Pakistan and Turkey.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Nothing you could have done could have changed the outcome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Some skills have survived for centuries, passed carefully from one pair of hands to the next using historic techniques that have changed little over time.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
I changed my clothes from the skin out and put on sealskin pants and my best parka and the parka cover I had made of red cotton cloth.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
COVID-19 created the conditions in which conspiracy theories flourish: enormous uncertainty, frightening consequences, rapidly changing information and distrust of institutions.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
The National Trust has launched a fundraiser to help the habitats "recover and thrive in a changing climate".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The battle holds risks both for Hollywood’s home state and the owner of a major studio fighting to gain scale in an industry suffering from cord-cutting and changing moviegoing habits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Earlier efforts to improve the plasticity of CoAl focused on changing its composition, adjusting its microstructure, or combining it with other materials.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
I keep changing my mind between staying close to home and going far away.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
Vocabulary lists containing change
"Growing Together" and "When I Grow Up"
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