metamorphose
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Lightbox portraits metamorphose into 18th-century figures with stories to tell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
As in, they'll be so desperate to keep the series alive in Melbourne on Saturday they'll metamorphose into a team of belligerence and belief - a band of brothers who will blow the Lions away.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2025
Previous studies had found that smooth muscle cells metamorphose into different types of cells inside these atherosclerotic plaques and multiply to make up most cells within the plaques.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2024
The axolotl is one of four central Mexico species that rarely, if ever, metamorphose in the wild.
From Science Magazine ● May 8, 2023
She will metamorphose into a wife or consort and raise faerie children who will adore and outlive her.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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"Just like butterflies, corals also undergo different metamorphoses and stages."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025
At this point, “The Bird Tattoo” metamorphoses yet again into a terrifying thriller.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2022
Notably, music emerges as the most honest vehicle for them to bond over, and as the cinematic element that most closely parallels Freddie’s metamorphoses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
The production is full of unpredictable developments and arresting metamorphoses.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
Fellow “garden-lovers” and even some distinguished natural philosophers welcomed the work of this “ingenious woman,” for many of these metamorphoses had never been observed before.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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Witkoff is part of a small cadre of Trump administration offspring who, since their fathers moved to Washington, have metamorphosed into wealthy financial celebrities in their own right.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
The musicians metamorphosed into their final form: Adopting the name Black Sabbath, after a low-budget Boris Karloff film of the same name, they started writing lyrics that dabbled in death, black magic and mental illness.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
"These metamorphosed sedimentary rocks that have melted and produced granites that concentrate uranium and thorium are like black box flight recorders that record pressure and temperature," Smye said.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024
The surface of Venus, meanwhile, is hot enough to melt lead—hot enough that McSween thinks most of its surface rock should have metamorphosed.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 12, 2023
The imp instantly metamorphosed into a plump fairy with coppery wings.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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Dhoot's ambition of metamorphosing into an oil and gas giant didn't materialise either.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2022
The trick to controlling sea lampreys is preventing them from metamorphosing and moving beyond the streams, Gaden said.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2022
Peterson’s production — duskily lighted by Peter Maradudin on a quickly metamorphosing set by Myung Hee Cho and featuring a coordinated ensemble that grasps the feeling underlying the drama — has a discreet efficiency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2019
This confusion is reflected and amplified in “A Pink Chair,” suggesting animate beings metamorphosing into statues, with the quicksilver humanity of theater freezing into a gallery of relics.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2018
We can never let up; we scramble our way through one civilization after another, metamorphosing, sprouting tools and cities everywhere, and all the time new words keep tumbling out.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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