shift
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Macquarie’s bull at Jefferies thinks the appointment of an internal candidate as CEO reduces risks of a material near-term strategy shift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
She gave no explanation for Trump’s last-minute shift and said the administration would “continue to talk” with the Saudis to “get the deal finalized.”
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
No 10 North in Manchester will form part of the prime minister's aim to shift power from Whitehall and Westminster to regions across the country.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The results arrived as the film industry looks for signs of a rebound, amid concerns about the broader shift to streaming and an ongoing retrenchment in Hollywood following strikes and the pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
In front of us, skirts rustle and the row of operators from the day shift prepare to slide out of their chairs.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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The interim period ushered in relative stability in trade policy as officials crafted a new set of levies to replace it—a welcome relief for trade-reliant firms buffeted by constant policy shifts over the past year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
This could change, though, as the region’s geopolitical climate shifts.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
A hole then moves from ZnSe to phenol while a proton simultaneously shifts from phenol to pyridine.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
But I didn’t buy the behavioral shifts some of these turns entailed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Like two fellows on opposite shifts at a factory, Pa went out and Ma came in.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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Last quarter’s 8.4% margin in the North American truck business is particularly impressive since several suppliers had trouble ramping up production and some business shifted from 2Q to 3Q, Jefferies says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
They studied patterns in the songs - how each song shifted and changed through time.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Over the last 15 years, the party has shifted and evolved for the Garden, but it’s never stopped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Friedkin’s movie shifted people’s perceptions about fear and played with longstanding ideas about the nuclear family and religious ideology, themes that were starting to be contested and debated as America moved further from ’50s-era sterility.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Then the shock wore off, and his attention shifted immediately to the fact that he couldn’t feel most of his body, and that he’d never been so cold in his entire life.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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Canadian National Railway CNR 2.05%increase; up pointing triangle boosted its full-year outlook, citing firmer freight demand and shifting economic conditions, as the railroad posted higher profit and revenue in the second quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
After more than a decade of posturing and power struggles - a soap opera of warring promoters, shifting managers, fractured television deals and failed negotiations - it has finally come down to this.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Now the Compton-reared Lacy can’t go anywhere in L.A. without shifting the center of gravity in a room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
This should be a lesson to us in a time that treats the shifting categories of identity as though they are existential and unalterable.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
I’m so surprised—shocked, really—that I grab on to my stool with one hand, like the earth itself is shifting beneath me.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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