diverge
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Lincoln is concerned that the Great Redwood Trail will disturb historic tribal sites in the Eel River Canyon and advocates for an alternative route that would diverge from the railroad line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The market can show “little mercy when expectations and reported figures diverge, and AI-related stocks quickly began to show cracks,” Lee added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
As chromosome mixing accumulates over time, lineages continue to diverge.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
There are lots of reasons the numbers can diverge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Not only did variation and dip diverge from place to place, but in 1634 a group of English experimenters claimed that variation fluctuated over time.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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But here is where the new theology diverges most sharply from the old.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
In fact, Wilson argues that his view of a broadening in earnings growth and market leadership diverges from the Wall Street consensus.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Norton, the showrunner of Netflix’s “Finding Her Edge,” said much of that show’s plot diverges from Jennifer Iacopelli’s novel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
The scene, like much of the film, diverges from her novel.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026
The stomach often diverges from the normal in size, shape and position.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
The Gallup numbers do not establish why Americans’ confidence has diverged so dramatically.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
But the two candidates have often diverged on priorities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
"As our careers have gone on and our paths have diverged more and more... those conversations start to come more to the forefront."
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Researchers estimate that the four gentoo species diverged during the past 300,000 to 500,000 years.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
But Sourmelina and Desdemona, so synchronized in their pregnancies, diverged at the end.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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The world's second-largest economy has charted a diverging path in recent years -- an AI-fuelled export boom is masking the impact of a persistent real estate crisis and gloomy consumer sentiment.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
Performance among that “Magnificent Seven” group has been diverging in recent months.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
The friction reflects how fundamentally different the two Detroit giants have become as diverging manufacturing footprints and supply chains have led them to seek contrasting favors in Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Could two of California’s biggest cities be diverging?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Some prescient part of him saw the two paths diverging in the yellow wood.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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