adaptation
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I can only imagine that at this point, restaurant waitstaffs across the world have picked up crumbs and slices of chatter about Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s 2,700-year-old blockbuster.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Welbeck averaged 32 pressures per 90 in the final third, comparable to Pedro and ahead of Jackson, showing he can slot into Alonso's pressing structure without adaptation.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
A romantic Hitchcock using lyrical camera movements in an atmospheric, haunting adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Christopher Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" has not only lured legions of fans to cinemas, but sparked huge interest in the UK in Homer's epic poem and other Greek and Roman mythology works.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Rather than being the timeless indigenous adaptation portrayed in ecology textbooks, many archaeologists now view slash-and-burn agriculture as a relatively modern technique whose spread was driven by European technology.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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The news about Games Workshop's screen adaptations came in its annual financial report, external, where it announced record-high results.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Nolan has called the lack of mainstream adaptations of the work a “curious gap in Hollywood history.”
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
This tension between mobility and brain size has shaped not only anatomy but also social behaviour, encouraging cooperative care and cultural adaptations around childbirth.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
“We’re seeing them as a resource for adaptations the same way we look at books and other media,” said Michael De Luca, co-chair of Warner’s motion-picture group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The many wild plants with such adaptations include wheat, barley, peas, flax, and sunflowers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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