shifting
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She was hired as an equity research analyst in October 1999, just as the dot-com bull run was shifting into overdrive.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
Some would see this as a sign that the balance of power is shifting in China's direction.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
With a series of major upheavals in the past month alone, Roberts has signaled that he is shifting to a two-minute offense.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
“Maybe Fed policymakers could take comfort in no change in market-based inflation expectations, but that is certainly shifting now.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
He rocked himself side to side trying to control his form, which was weakened one minute and strengthened the next, constantly shifting between beast and boy.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing shifting
Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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