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react

[ree-akt] / riˈækt /


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“I genuinely didn’t know how people would react, but the responses to this first episode have been overwhelming so I think it’s affirmed our instinct.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

We’ll be watching for both the numbers and how traders react.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

Their experiments examined what happens when rocks containing iron react with hydrogen at extremely high temperatures.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Writers for the Wall Street Journal’s Opinion pages react as the polls close and the votes are counted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Before I could react, the planks in the bulkhead to my right split apart, and Tarrypin—his shell bundled in chains—was marched out.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

They may also need to monitor how the brain reacts and use that feedback to continually improve stimulation.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

These results may surprise you, given that the stock market typically reacts poorly to economic-policy uncertainty.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

In the show’s version of King’s infamous shower scene, where Carrie reacts to her first period with hysteria and gets pelted with tampons and pads, her tormentors also aim their phone cameras at her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

And it will shift depending on how one reacts, as there are multiple endings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

His mouth opens and I know that I will forever judge him based on how he reacts to this information, but a voice interrupts him.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

He was giving a dark forecast for humankind and Philomena had an uncharacteristic moment of suddenly crying and he reacted in such a human way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2026

The European leaders have reacted coolly to the propsal for a new security architecture.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

The organic semiconductor used in the device gradually reacted with the liquid crystal.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Yet the market reacted as if every Skydance share deserved a big price haircut.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Yet she had not reacted in the same way to Richard Churchill when Kainene brought him to dinner.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The hosts of the “I’ve Had It” podcast apologized Saturday after reacting to a joke about Kirk during Thursday’s episode.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Lula, also reacting on X to events in Paraguay, said he looked forward to welcoming Alliana to Brazil soon.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026

“The people who use this window intentionally often have far more flexibility later, while those who ignore it may spend retirement reacting to choices they can no longer change.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

The 16-year-old midfielder was shown a straight red card in the 85th minute after reacting to a heavy challenge by Fleetwood's Harrison Neal.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Sometimes he could not stop himself reacting to the pain.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling


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