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However, this assumption may not hold in systems where movement triggers major internal changes.
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026
As for her viral acrobatic performances, those appeared to have been on hold in the year before her death.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
The historic Union Corner, at the junction of Union Street and Gordon Street, was destroyed in the inferno on Sunday night after flames took hold in a vape shop.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
A presumption that there is an undercurrent of simmering rage in day-to-day life has taken hold in ways that might have startled past generations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
“Like nothing else. And when you got too big to hold in our arms, we’d pull you close, sing right into your ear, until, well, you just didn’t need the song anymore.”
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
