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[sahy-kuhl] / ˈsaɪ kəl /


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This midterm cycle saw ballot measures in several states touching on the issue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

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

Latino voters told the BSP Research pollsters that both parties, but especially Democrats, reached out to them more in this election cycle than in the past.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Maybe we’ve all changed over the last moon cycle.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

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

The bright region underwent repeated cycles of expansion and contraction, resembling simplified versions of two dramatic cosmological events.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 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

Like that which cycles through Pachelbel’s ‘Canon’, these sequences were driven by the direction of travel of the bass line, giving forward momentum to the music, hence the name ‘harmonic progression’.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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

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

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

After Wilson stepped down as CEO, Lululemon cycled through a series of professional managers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

After the screen cycled through its chromatic Williams Electronics boot-up sequence, he snatched two more quarters out of thin air and dropped them into the game.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

“Younger workers, who are likely more exposed to AI-driven displacement, are navigating this transition better. They are returning to full-time employment faster and cycling through fewer temporary jobs along the way.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

He was a lover of sport and remained physically fit, regularly cycling the 19 miles between the school and his home in Northwich, Cheshire.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Highland previously invested in protein shake maker Huel and cycling training platform Zwift.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 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

In the window there are posters of a man cycling, a woman in ski gear, and a man and woman running side by side, with celebrity smiles and zero sweat.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera


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