replace
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"They harvested a nerve from his leg to replace part of the nerve that was missing in his left arm," his parents said on the fundraising page, which has so far raised over £67,000.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The chain is indefinitely removing the supplier’s ingredient from its supply chain nationwide and will replace it within 24 hours in select states, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
So while the sprint to replace Platner will be short, it promises to be plenty intense.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026
Burnham is to replace Starmer on Monday, shortly after he is expected to meet King Charles III to be asked to form the next government.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Bronden said that later the stems could be bound together to make long-lasting torches to replace the ones that had been lost when Ellis fled.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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That replaces “siloed, reactive tools with integrated, automated protection,” he told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
The team's solution replaces the traditional event horizon with what physicists call a "dynamical horizon," a concept that is already widely used in computer simulations of black holes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Senate nominee who replaces him, she said, will have to work to rebuild trust with women voters.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
"But I think the idea that it replaces human beings wholesale and human creativity, to me it's a nonsense," he added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Mom replaces Abuela’s bedding with fresh sheets and a lamb’s wool blanket we brought from home.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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The section of the Sunset Trunk Line was slated to be replaced in 2031, according to DWP.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
These trends have replaced seasonal play with year-round commitments that are turning childhood fitness and recreation into a financial burden that is undermining the joy of sports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
I like this metric, because it doesn’t just try to figure out how many workers will be replaced by AI.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
The bill replaced signature matching with stricter forms of verification, such as requiring mail-in voters to provide their driver’s license number or copies of licenses.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
I replaced the little stool I’d been carrying upside down on my head with the basket of corn and tucked the stool under my arm.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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President of business operations Francesco Calvo negotiated the deal, his first major one since replacing Chris Heck last year.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Meanwhile, the U.K. recently said it would build vessels designed to act as mother ships to drones instead of replacing its fleet of destroyers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
By replacing those complex systems with a much simpler optical setup, the NTU team's work could make optical skyrmion research more accessible.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
But the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes on June 24 decimated the city, with mountains of rubble replacing the high-rise buildings that once lined the coast.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
Then they’d all laugh over how Mom couldn’t nag him anymore about replacing it.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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