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react

[ree-akt] / riˈækt /


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"We don't expect you to be happy or excited about this. I don't expect anyone to react to this favourably," she added.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

I would be very curious to see how she would react to hearing One Direction for the first time; hearing “What Makes You Beautiful,” that would be interesting to see.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Scientists have struggled to directly investigate how their electrons move collectively, interact with one another, and react to outside disturbances.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

The most straightforward way of keeping your moods from affecting your portfolio is to have a detailed financial plan that, well in advance, specifies how you will react, come what may.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

I don’t see how my parents react because I rush out the door, letting it slam behind me, the sound echoing down the hallway.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

The Tesla’s cameras can see jaywalkers before I do, oncoming headlights don’t blind it, and the car reacts faster than I can.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

In this process, sodium hydroxide reacts with organic material under heat, triggering chemical reactions that produce hydrogen.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

As that acidic water reacts with certain rocks -- limestone, for instance -- it releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Finally, as with all previous administrations, how a Burnham-led government reacts to events beyond its control may have the biggest impact on the money in people's pockets.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

They seem to have far more effect on the displaced Capitol rebels like my crew and Fulvia—even Plutarch occasionally reacts in surprise, maybe wondering how a specific tidbit passed him by.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

The artist reacted to the pardon on his Instagram story, saying that it “opens the door to a future I’ve worked hard for and I am fully prepared to step into this.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

The Fed held rates steady last month as broadly expected, but investors reacted with doubts when Warsh didn’t explain the decision.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Many states reacted to the rise in exonerations by creating funds to compensate those who were wrongly convicted.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

On Wednesday evening, some of his victims reacted angrily to the letter.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

She hadn’t forgotten how the women at the village reacted to her.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Her voice breaks as she sings the lyric, "But I knew who I was when I got here", but it transpires that she's simply reacting to an audience member who's blubbing their eyes out.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Micron stock was reacting to news that Apple has tested memory chips from China’s ChangXin Memory Technologies.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

One of the most useful tools for building these complicated structures is single-electron transfer, a technique that can activate molecules that would otherwise resist reacting and allow them to join together.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

To be precise, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been hesitant in reacting to the plan.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

But then I see the way the other kids in the hall are reacting to him, as if he’s this walking joke.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan




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