convert
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He couldn’t convert the Clippers into a champion, but not for lack of trying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa programme at UK-based think tank Chatham House, said Iran "is trying to convert escalation into increased leverage".
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
While Southgate's attempts to convert him into a central player at Euro 2024 ultimately ended in him being dropped from the team, Alexander-Arnold has had some success there in the past.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
It’s the kind of dish that could convert someone skeptical about goat.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Like, if it's a sum, maybe we should convert the clues to numbers.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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An ultrathin diamond wafer converts CEBAF's electrons into a beam of high-energy photons with parallel spins.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
“We think the lockup-expiry overhang is an opportunity rather than a risk, offering a rare entry point into a generational compounder that converts energy into swarming,” the bullish analyst said in a recent client note.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Luke Tryl, who heads the More in Common research non-profit, told AFP Farage's core supporters "seem largely undeterred" but that newer Reform converts "might now be wavering".
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The latest iteration of the initiative, which converts real user stories into romance literature, follows a zine anthology in 2024 and a hardcover book in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
They walked around the new converts singing, “Before this time another year, I may be gone, In some lonesome graveyard, Oh, Lord, how long?”
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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Under the proposal, MoD Bicester could be converted into basic accommodation to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The bonds can be converted into about 26.37 million shares, with an initial conversion price of HK$892.50 a share, representing a premium of 12.6% over Friday’s closing price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
They then converted the astronomical measurements into something commonly used in laboratory UV-visible spectroscopy: the absorption coefficient of the liquid making up the cloud droplets.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Jerry Shifman converted the point-after kick for the winning margin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Einarsson and Skulason both concluded that Bobby, despite his late-life deliberations on the topic, was not a strong believer in the Catholic Church and that he hadn't converted to the faith.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Google’s deployment of AI in search has led to “material new growth” in the overall volume of queries, he said, and it has also been useful for marketers looking to find higher converting leads.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
They would also have required future natural gas plants to meet strict emissions standards, which they could achieve by converting to cleaner-burning fuels like hydrogen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Shakhtar have a long tradition of converting Brazilian stars into European multimillion transfers and 20-year-old Kaua Elias could be the next one on the list.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The federal government encouraged pine planting with annual payments to landowners through programs meant to reduce erosion and support crop prices by converting worn-out farmland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Lawrence donated the unfinished 184-inch to the bomb effort by converting it to a mass spectrograph for the separation of uranium isotopes.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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