shifted
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CoreWeave started out in cryptocurrency mining, then pivoted to computing for video production during the pandemic, and then shifted focus to AI.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
“They have shifted their communications, but at the same time, this World Cup is an expanded event,” said Gavin Mair, a spokesperson for Carbon Market Watch.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Supporters of Nyong’o’s casting note that Helen of Troy is not a historical figure bound to a single visual interpretation, but a literary and symbolic character whose meaning has shifted across cultures and eras.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
As the ice disappeared, the ground above it shifted and collapsed.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
I shifted nervously, and a dead twig snapped beneath my boot.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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