gears

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With the legal fight set to escalate, Sorsby switched gears and plans to withdraw his lawsuit against the NCAA.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

But with a forceful push from then-UC President Janet Napolitano, regents who had been reluctant to remove the SAT switched gears to unanimously vote to phase out testing and explore creating a UC-specific exam.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The winner will lead the second-largest city in the US, grappling with issues like homelessness and affordable housing as Los Angeles gears up to host the 2028 Olympics.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

It features a “common-sense, light-touch framework designed to get the federal government’s gears in motion,” Fedasiuk said in a social-media post on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Mr. Flux said, pointing at the gears overhead.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles