lever
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This has eluded neuroscience for decades, but the introduction of a new class of drugs for weight loss may have given us just the lever we need to understand it.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Lynn and her stunt double are also covered in prosthetics as she climbs up the recliner, and Rhys uses the side lever to launch her off his torso.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
He said: "I'm determined to pull every single lever we can to provide people with some room to breathe on the cost of living."
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Beijing controls both the demand side of Gulf sulfur and the supply side of global phosphate exports, and either lever can move faster than the strait reopening.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Nestles right on down into it and pulls the lever so the recliner part kicks out.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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"Players are becoming their own distribution levers, with some in particular taking a driving seat in terms of 'how I project myself onto the world' and building their own channels and audience," explains Kyle.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
He said the hospital is “trying to turn it around from all the levers possible,” such as renegotiating contracts with insurers, trimming costs and advocating for more government funding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"Changing anything about the menu, decor, or branding at this point is dangerous, so there are few levers to attract new customers," Pozner said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
These are levers we can pull that change the math in our favor.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Hugo then made sure the gears and levers were moving accurately, and he checked that the time was correct on the miniature dial built into the back of the clockworks.
From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
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That includes more than 400 levered single-stock ETFs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
U.S. notional volume of levered ETFs is about $90 billion, up from almost nothing a decade ago, per Goldman Sachs data.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
“Even in a strong economy, AI will disrupt old economy companies, especially highly levered ones,” Pimco said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 13, 2026
But a well-worked wrap-around move off first-phase ball, levered open a corridor of space for Breach to streak away to score and suck the life out the stadium.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
Forcing the spike in the hoop of the lock, Matthias levered away.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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Gerstner expressed concerns that investors are “layering up” right now, noting that “there are 14 exchange-traded funds launching on the day of the SpaceX IPO,” some of which are aimed at levering returns.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
If it is to play a game-changing role in levering in private investment, its £8.3bn funding over five years will have a lot of heavy lifting to do.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2024
By employing bioinformatics analyses and levering diverse public datasets, the team validated the robustness of HK-CREs across 50 randomly selected healthy cell types, confirming the location of HK-CREs within the genome.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2024
The person briefed on Muscat’s confession said Muscat alleges Alfred broke into the car by levering open the rear-quarter window passenger side.
From Reuters ● Nov. 28, 2019
Unfortunately for rational Jam, the figure continued to blatantly prove her wrong, levering one arm out and reaching down to the floor for stability, the gold claws carving small strips from the hardwood.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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