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Little did they know it would turn into a four-year saga that would cost them tens of thousands of dollars and devolve into a legal battle between their insurance company and the contractor’s.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

Swinney also said he wanted Burnham to devolve energy and economic powers to Scotland.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Burnham wants to devolve power from London to the regions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

In his first major policy speech, Burnham said on Monday he would seek to take power away from Whitehall and devolve it to all parts of the UK.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

“Spreading dissension and inciting to mutiny. Silver, you’re under arrest too, for failing to report to Toadflax this evening and causing your duty to devolve on a comrade. You’re both to come with me.”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Mrs. Irani’s advice is well-meaning and even inspirational, but sometimes she devolves into cliché and therapy-speak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Otherwise, it quickly devolves into a week-long argument with your own brain about what, exactly, counts as “essential”—and whether almond milk has somehow crossed that threshold.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026

An electronic score by John Carroll Kirby apes the sound of the era but devolves into abstraction as the story develops into something darker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025

The hope continues to be that the job market slows its growth but not by so much that it devolves into widespread layoffs.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

As the line devolves into a great milling mob, I slip away.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have their own devolved planning frameworks and laws.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Local council elections, local and combined-authority mayoral elections, devolved legislatures, European Parliament elections and London Assembly elections were excluded.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Social care is devolved, meaning the system in Wales is overseen by the Welsh government and implemented by Welsh councils.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Ministers will be expected to justify why powers should remain in Whitehall rather than being devolved, under a "local first" principle.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

His rivalry with Bridges and Sturtevant, his former lab partners from Columbia University, reached a brittle end point, and his relationship with Morgan, never warm, devolved into icy hostility.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

That case wouldn’t just go down as one of the most shameful moments in the court’s history; it was also the legal system’s most significant contribution in devolving the country into the Civil War.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Delivering growth and devolving power to regional communities are also expected to feature.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

They listed reforming the fiscal framework for Wales' funding, devolving employment support and youth justice funding and "restoring power to Welsh government over the local growth fund" as among the changes Labour has implemented.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

But the movie itself isn’t exactly exploring new frontiers of fear, devolving instead into a familiar slasher-thriller with a climax of strained characterization and confusing spatial logic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

Arran died unmarried in March 1609, the title devolving on his nephew James, 2nd marquess of Hamilton.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various