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reverse

[ri-vurs] / rɪˈvɜrs /






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Mr. Parish hopes that firm will help them reverse the citation and end this dispute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The inquest heard that George, from Durham, was stood by the open rear door of the Warrior on 21 June 2022 when the exercise commander gave the order to reverse the armoured vehicle.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

But in October, that dynamic slammed into reverse.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Unless they can put in a reverse jinx, the only thing they’re moving toward is some ignominious history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

“Among other things, it is powerfully easy for a haint or a decent rootworker to reverse a spell back onto you. And that’s something I don’t want to have to deal with.”

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

The decision reverses a lower-court ruling that ordered city to redo what a judge said was a botched rollout.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The expansion was analogous to the Big Bang, while the contraction resembled a Big Crunch, a hypothetical fate of the universe in which cosmic expansion eventually reverses and everything collapses inward.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Michael Hartnett made the call in his weekly “flow show” research note published Friday, and it reverses the prescient recommendation he made almost a year ago.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

The man rushes to the garage, grabs a crate of tools and a leaf blower and gets back inside the vehicle, which then reverses and drives off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Then he reverses into the Toyota again, forcing the cars apart to give us space to pull out.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

When light passes through the eye's lens, the image projected onto the retina is reversed.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

One also has to ask whether, if the situations were reversed, Hamilton would accept the same request.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

In 2023, the S&P reversed itself on the dual-class ban.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Ostensibly, Livingston’s Mark is supposed to be the Grinch, Lennon’s character jolly old St. Nicholas, their eventual roles reversed as the chainsaws rev up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

The mahogany coffin was trailed by Hamilton’s gray horse, with his boots and spurs reversed astride the empty saddle.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“I can’t make a commitment without knowing what exactly I’m facing,” Becerra said of reversing cuts to Medi-Cal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

If the winds continue to weaken and end up reversing as forecast, this will be known as a major SSW event.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The company said it has decided to split in two, reversing one of the signature deals that defined an era of health industry consolidation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Even more strikingly, restoring cardiolipin to approximately two-thirds of its normal concentration began reversing muscle wasting and completely prevented the premature deaths seen in the affected animals.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

After we’re done closing up, Marcus and Ron are in their cars and reversing out of their parking spots before Bo and I are even to our cars.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy


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