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But does moving abroad to one of Europe's top clubs also alter people's perceptions of English players?
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026
The broken promises will likely alter the dynamic heading into Shenzhen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
This means researchers can alter the optical properties of the system by applying an external voltage.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
These medications can substantially alter appetite and eating behavior.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
Exorcism cannot alter the countenance of a house; Hill House would stay as it was until it was destroyed.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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Together with AKK, it alters the activity of intestinal cells before radiation exposure, placing them in a state that supports more efficient recovery after damage occurs.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Brewers World Series pitcher Logan Henderson grew up cheering for the Astros, but he reluctantly concedes their cheating scandal alters the 2017 title.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Whether the latest upswing in crude prices alters their longer-term outlook remains to be seen, as Brent’s return to triple digits sends government bond yields higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
In her version, Bernhard alters the lyrics to pay tribute to Sylvester, whose untimely death left an immense legacy.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
I need to find out whether the wind goes always in that direction or whether it alters like the air currents during the day and the night.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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It’s genuinely lovely—and I also can’t stop thinking about the invisible fingerprints left by the unnamed censor on our slightly altered text.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2026
However, he did admit that balls can sometimes be altered during training sessions, if bowlers want to practise in a certain way, or batters want to face a ball of a particular condition.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
The timeline indicates that Nvidia altered its methodology for reporting the geographic breakdown of its revenue shortly after placing Megaspeed International on an internal block list.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Climate shifts, changes to the surrounding landscape, and the arrival of invasive species have all altered the conditions in which the forest's plants and animals live.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
He gave Charles and me his old suits by the armload; he was taller than Charles, and thinner than both of us, and we would have them altered by a tailor in town.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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That meant altering the text, which entailed a somewhat frenzied back-and-forth between us, our publisher, and China over a rushed few days.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2026
Common suggestions include eliminating the income-tax cap, raising the full retirement age, implementing new taxation avenues or altering the cost-of-living adjustment in an effort to boost revenue for the program.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
In the nine days since riots erupted in cities across France, thousands of merchants have also boarded up their storefronts, radically altering the Paris streetscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The order comes in a legal fight over Trump’s renovation plan and requires the government to give notice before closing or altering the property.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The jobs she’d done for Kaz over the last year helped, and in a way so had her work carefully altering moods and tailoring faces at the White Rose.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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