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manifest

[man-uh-fest] / ˈmΓ¦n Ι™ΛŒfΙ›st /




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Before she closed with “Nicole Kidman,” the singer sat down at the front of the stage with her journal and told the crowd she wanted to “take a second and manifest a little bit.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

He posted on X, external thanking Portugal's Minister of Justice, Rita Alarcao Judice and saying the commission's initial decision had clearly violated the law and amounted to a "manifest abuse of power".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

And Shannon and Narducy et. al. manifest all of this onstage.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

If you do not address your feelings and process them, they will manifest themselves in other ways — an unkind remark or a silent fury.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

I was still wondering where Sister Redempta had come from and what the dictionary might have to say about what manifest meant when I opened Miss Sadie’s gate and plodded up the creaky stairs.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

Federal agents are using flight manifests to arrest travelers with lapsed visas, drawing objections over safety and protocol.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

But the petroleum products are masked in manifests — labeled waste material, lubricants, residues and other items not subject to the high taxes that Mexico levies on imported fuel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

I suspect that experience gave her a very strong civil libertarian instinct that manifests here as a deep skepticism towards state power to criminalize gun possession.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

The public hearings on Monday will focus on defining antisemitism, how it manifests in society as well as the lived experiences of Jewish Australians in all facets of the community.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

The unfortunate reality we must face is that racism manifests itself not only in individual attitudes and stereotypes, but also in the basic structure of society.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

After a decade of terrifying squares, avoiding religious stalkers and navigating label purgatory, Twin Temple might finally be at the precipice of what they’ve long manifested — rock stardom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Recently, mine was manifested in neck and shoulder pain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The pressure Sabalenka was feeling manifested in some aggressive second serves, and it was unsurprising to see one go long for a double fault on the decisive break point in the opening set.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

The complex intricacies of language manifested on Eimbcke’s first bilingual set.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Thanks to the appearance of fiction, even people with the same genetic make-up who lived under similar ecological conditions were able to create very different imagined realities, which manifested themselves in different norms and values.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Then we tumble into the realm of inspirational gurus and thought leaders, where breathwork and manifesting meet motivational speak, popping with familiar verbal kernels like “sparking joy” and “habit formation.”

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

In its focus track, “Me Vale V,” the singer firmly declares he is manifesting his dreams and not paying anyone else mind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

"We're manifesting Sam Fender comes out with Olivia Dean," Joe said.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

The energy shock is manifesting in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Or are they simply manifesting the worst aspects of adolescence—an obsession with conformity, group identity, and peer approval combined with an appetite for risk and sensation?

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater


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