revert
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The rights to “The Walking Dead” revert to AMC Global Media when the term ends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Cyclical businesses don’t tend to revert to normal, often reverting to losses, and so he argues, “the time to buy a cyclical business is when they’re making losses, not when they’re making super profits.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Next year, the opening race is set to revert to Bahrain after two years in Australia as a result of the timing of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Or do we just revert to whining about our dopey NFL fantasy teams?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
After Vajra had revealed its true form, it seemed reluctant to revert to the size of the ball.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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Even if everything reverts back to how we used to experience the app a week ago, the damage has been done.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
At the height of battle, some piece of advanced technology goes kablooey and a grizzled veteran reverts to boots-on-the-ground basics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Beach had a client who had a bonus payment that pushed him past the $600,000 threshold where the cap reverts back to $10,000.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025
But Zhao and O’Farrell’s screenplay consistently reverts to histrionics and outsized displays of emotion, never once burrowing into how either William or Agnes really feels.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025
Maybe this is the last "becoming American" move Didu needs to make before she reverts back to her old self.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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For the memorial game, the Feeneys had reverted to their old batting order, so after Greenberg, the lineup would be wholly composed of Feeney elders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The strategy bought the market at that point and held until the market reverted to that mean.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Only a few days after the pool was refilled, though, it reverted what it always is: a filthy slime pit that nevertheless does an adequate job of its primary objective: reflecting.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026
All three firms have now reverted to the 5% cap after investor requests were high again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Every once in a while, she reverted to all fours and galloped to catch up with Clare, who was moving briskly, his burgundy cloak billowing behind him.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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The new terms fuel fee growth in the second half of this year and the first half of 2027 before annualizing and reverting to a typical high-single-digit percentage growth rate, the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Cyclical businesses don’t tend to revert to normal, often reverting to losses, and so he argues, “the time to buy a cyclical business is when they’re making losses, not when they’re making super profits.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Gyllenhaal has done the latter, it seems, reverting to flattened characters who don’t require bold artistic leaps or personal attachment, and thus don’t cause heartbreak if a film underperforms.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Political consultant Steve Maviglio filed an application Friday with state officials that seeks to alter California’s voting system by reverting to a traditional primary.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
By now she was reverting to mean, mad Miss Katastrophe and our minds were at polar extremes.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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