change
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"A lot of times people would associate younger leaders with a lot of change."
From BBC β Sep. 2, 2026
"It's a childish response from a man who has never grown up, who has an immense ego which takes him absolutely nowhere," Anne Wardrop, a 90-year-old retiree, told AFP of the name change.
From Barron's β Sep. 2, 2026
“When this happens,” Polybius wrote, “the state will change its name to the finest sounding of all, freedom and democracy; but will change its nature to the worst thing of all, mob-rule.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 2, 2026
But it’s not all that shocking that voters declined to return him to Congress, opting instead for a 47-year-old former mayor who campaigned on generational change.
From Slate β Sep. 2, 2026
I should have taken the time to change into my nightgown.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
"Success changes with the trends and probably the biggest factor is the creative director," she said.
From BBC β Sep. 2, 2026
Ride-hailing giant Uber will be laying off around 10 percent of its staff as part of "significant organizational changes," CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in a message to employees released on Wednesday.
From Barron's β Sep. 2, 2026
Microsoft said it would also update several other metrics as a result of these changes.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 2, 2026
Barron said the commission has limited authority over projects carried out by other city departments, despite its role in reviewing changes involving historic monuments.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 2, 2026
Her face changes as she chews, from surprise at first to something like disgust.
From "Zaraβs Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
His death had "left a hole in all our hearts" and a "future forever changed for all of his family, friends, and everyone who knew him", she added.
From BBC β Sep. 2, 2026
What happened next changed the young United States, forcing people to question the line between law — which protected slavery — and justice, which demanded resistance to that law.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 2, 2026
The dynamics of the market have changed, as investors look to hide from the more volatile areas, such as longer-dated bonds.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 2, 2026
"Lara is a very complicated character with a lot of nuance. So yes, we've adapted and changed some of the lines, but we didn't go as far to change the story," Siqueira said.
From Barron's β Sep. 2, 2026
The deep-thinking owl stared at the polar bear for a good long time, unable to come up with a countering argument, so she changed the subject instead.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
The markets lending money to governments appear to be changing more fundamentally too.
From BBC β Sep. 2, 2026
But that is changing, and lately the company’s lounge ambitions have been one of the worst-kept secrets in aviation.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 2, 2026
Johnson’s Jake is particularly prone to changing his mind within a scene, practically letting us see the moments when his brain pops out of his body to bash itself against the nearest wall.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 2, 2026
And then there was MapQuest — another artifact safely filed away in the same early-2000s drawer as Freedom Fries — which announced, simply, “We’re not changing it.”
From Salon β Sep. 2, 2026
Even more shocking was that the terms of the loans were changing, in ways that increased the likelihood they would go bad.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing change
"Growing Together" and "When I Grow Up"
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