shift
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Instead, they shift our gaze west, toward white neighborhoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
"There were hampers, cakes and hydration drinks. It was really, really nice, a little bit of fuel for the guys coming back from a long shift," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Tommy Moller, a professor of political science at Stockholm University, told AFP however that he had noted a shift heading into this year's election.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Digitimes says the shift should create opportunities across the supply chain, from switch and interconnect chipmakers to suppliers of cables, connectors and optical components, particularly in Taiwan’s hardware ecosystem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
I would study her as she got ready in the hostel sometimes, just like I’d watch her finish out her work shift if I arrived for duty early.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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"MSF's work in Sudan is privately funded. But when funding disappears from other health services, clinics close, patients have fewer places to go, and pressure shifts to the facilities that remain, including ours."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Young Americans are “experiencing some macroeconomic shifts that are, in a lot of ways, unprecedented,” JP Julien, a partner at McKinsey and leader of the McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The world's biggest carmakers across Europe, the United States and Japan are also facing strong competition from Chinese manufacturers, as well as the need to invest heavily as the industry shifts toward electric vehicles.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Soon, local men were standing guard in shifts at the two entrances into town, aiming their weapons at trucks laden with freshly picked avocados and cars packed with farmhands as they demanded identity documents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Welchman’s got us working in eight-hour shifts, round the clock.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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But the mood has shifted from the euphoria that felt tangible when the Nasdaq was notching back-to-back records early this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“The investor mindset shifted, and now sentiment shifts,” said Nationwide’s Hackett, pointing to heightened backlash against the data-center build-out from politicians ahead of the midterm elections, as well as from average voters.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
"The decline was slow, not sudden, and that may be what left it unable to adapt when the climate shifted."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Charlie Kirk had been barely put to rest before public attitude toward him shifted from bipartisan horror and outrage at his killing to, frankly, mockery.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Her cheeks had shifted from gray to a delicate olive, her eyes to their dark brown.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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Malthusian models and predator-prey equations, for example, have been used to examine the spread of Australian rabbits and the shifting populations of Canadian lynxes and snowshoe hares.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
The chancellor may have thought about shifting the venue of his first major speech this morning.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
This growing practice is the result of insurers shifting more costs to patients, which leaves hospitals in the lurch when bills go unpaid, said Molly Smith, vice president at the American Hospital Association.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Beyond shifting from a multi-cam comedy to single-cam and Brandy’s changed-up theme song, this “Different World” succeeds by maintaining a wonderfully familiar energy… like coming back home.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
Håkon grabbed Ivan and pulled him away from the shifting stones, clearing the rubble just before the top of the pile crashed down.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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