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evolve

[ih-volv] / ɪˈvɒlv /


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Chief China Correspondent Lingling Wei: I’ve covered China and Xi Jinping for 15 years, and in that time I’ve watched his relationship with Vladimir Putin evolve from an equal partnership into something far more complicated.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

González has witnessed the ties between Mexico and its emigrants abroad evolve over four decades, starting as a young consular officer in the administration of Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

And they have been able to evolve their style because the foundations were already there.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

A few things were clearer, however — there’s less confidence that the June agreement signed by both countries could still evolve into permanent peace, and energy markets were thrown back into uncertainty.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

The small population size of tribelets explains not only why they can’t sustain epidemics introduced from the outside, but also why they never could evolve epidemic diseases of their own to give back to visitors.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Because these tumors often metastasize, the reptiles provide scientists with a rare chance to observe how cancer begins, evolves, and spreads under natural conditions.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Twenty years from now, as sports viewing evolves into a fragmented, multisensory fantasia, that reality may not be real enough.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

But as the season evolves, the drama deals out harder truths, too.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

The game follows Kenway, also from Swansea, as he sails to the Caribbean as a privateer looking for wealth, and evolves into a pirate, then assassin.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

The lecture evolves into a list of commandments: You will not count all the miles that are left.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

But Lim’s own feelings on acceptable recording practices have since evolved.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

As Angelenos have evolved, so have our ideas about the Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

Initially introduced as an invisible scene partner for Meyers to scream-drawl at during his cornpone impersonations of the Republican gentleman from South Carolina, Mee-Maw evolved into a Southern gothic performance piece.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

These evolved organically, by joining up public roads.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Finally, peoples of some areas ecologically suitable for food production neither evolved nor acquired agriculture in prehistoric times at all; they persisted as hunter-gatherers until the modern world finally swept upon them.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

I checked in with reporter Corrie Driebusch, who covers how U.S. public and private markets are evolving, to find out about all things Y’all Street.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

The pat-ness of Sonny’s Sanctuary journey makes her yet another entry in an evolving genre you might call “Is This Character Concussed?”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Beshir and Kelly have been evolving it during its L.A. run, recently adding a stronger painting component by giving guests their own canvas to work on throughout the evening.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Their plan was evolving into a delicate, two-step maneuver.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

We always allow a bit of extra time to observe how the flowers are evolving with the seasons.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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