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cycle

[sahy-kuhl] / ˈsaɪ kəl /


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Lewis is a member of a grassroots organization called Ottawa United, and ran for Congress this cycle as a Democrat, though he lost on Tuesday to the incumbent Republican.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

It is painful for those on variable mortgages, but should not be seen as the start of a cycle of hikes.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Gutierrez raised just a fraction of Mealer’s $2.8 million haul over the midterm cycle, as of mid-October, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

Danny Singer, a trader in California, wagered about $500,000 on electoral races this cycle, including a bet that Democrat James Talarico would win the Texas Senate race.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

But if the giant sequoias—trees that had evolved not just to withstand wildfires but to thrive in them—if the giant sequoias were burning, the cycle was broken.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

They are also exposed to prolonged downturns as real-estate business cycles can last many years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

“What we are seeing, though, is some viewer fatigue where our viewers have gone through some incredible news cycles the last few years.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

They monitored the animals under different lighting conditions to examine their daily activity and rest cycles.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

But even a few thousand years ago Ecclesiastes was warning us that cycles repeat, and “there is no new thing under the sun.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Do we live in a universe that expands forever or in one in which there is an infinite set of cycles?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

I have also cycled from John O' Groats to Land's End, walked up Mount Kilimanjaro, and rowed from Tower Bridge to the Eiffel Tower.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

You don’t know how harshly the previous owner cycled the battery or whether they left it plugged in constantly at 100%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Since then, the Sparks have cycled through four head coaches while missing the postseason every season since 2020.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

It cycled through a range of staticky notes—the frequencies that would heal us.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Odile promised to ring Pop to see if lessons could be arranged, and I cycled back to college with the hope that soon my stomach pains would have reason to vanish.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

After cycling through Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales, Evans said bringing the challenge to a close in Cardiff will be "special".

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

If it bugs you you can switch to Dynamic drive mode, which inhibits stop-start cycling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The medical establishment used to consider creatine as helpful primarily for athletes doing “power-focused sports,” she says, like weight lifting or cycling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

A 2026 study published in GeroScience followed 82 older adults who continued cycling over a nine-year period.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

There were always women cycling on and off the team, as no one’s ranking was guaranteed.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad


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