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reverse

[ri-vurs] / rɪˈvɜrs /






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Some companies have made major changes to their supply chains they are unlikely to reverse.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

She is on Medicaid, is in poor health and owns a home with a reverse mortgage that has been used to help pay for her caregivers.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Emmy-nominated composer Bear McCreary has taken a reverse road to symphonic rock.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

A cordon has been placed either end of the bridge, which crosses the Thames next to the Houses of Parliament, and buses and coaches travelling on it were forced to reverse and find another route.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

I kept expecting something to stop me, a hand on my shoulder a whisper that would reverse if not my entire life, than this incomplete moment.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

"An opt-out scheme just reverses that default and makes us go through hoops to preserve it."

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

The move reverses Roberts’ purchase of NBCUniversal in 2011 — a bold bet that created a behemoth with popular programming and cable pipes to pump that content into consumer homes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

Or Churchill’s after the fall of France in 1940 or reverses in North Africa before El Alamein in 1942?

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

This means retail investors have benefited from the semiconductor rally — however, they could see outsize losses if the trend reverses.

From MarketWatch Jun. 5, 2026

The outer core, then the inner core, to the very center of gravity, and then gravity reverses.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

They hold that economic growth expectations are lower compared to earlier in the year, which means there’s opportunity for a positive surprise as those downgrades are reversed, they said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

Rapamycin reversed abnormal patterns of gene expression involving autism, epilepsy, and ion channel function.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

However, London, Paris and Frankfurt reversed early losses to push into positive territory in the morning.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

Treasury reversed course five years later as deficits instead widened, yet those bonds remain an afterthought.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Which was exactly what I would have done had the situation been reversed.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Oil prices took a dive into the red in early trading Monday, reversing an earlier sharp rally, after a report that a 10-day cease-fire proposal was made triggered a wave of selling.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Selling in the South Korean stock market eased in the afternoon, with the benchmark Kospi index reversing losses to trade 0.7% higher.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The effect results in the typical east-to-west trade winds weakening or even sometimes reversing, allowing warmer water from the western Pacific to move eastward.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Rather than risk it, he stopped, put on his hazard lights and spent nearly an hour reversing half a mile before finding another route.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

I’ve barely closed the door before Dad’s reversing down the driveway.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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