pivot
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Liverpool have not had an out-and-out number six since Fabinho, who left in 2023, and as it stands Iraola's preference is a two-man pivot in midfield with Florian Wirtz playing as a number 10.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Beyond oversupplying wholesale channels, management stumbled by attempting to pivot the traditionally male-centric line toward female consumers, an effort executives eventually walked back, according to Andreeva.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The move, announced in 2024, was part of Ford’s pivot away from electric vehicles.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
If this happens, it would mark a substantial pivot from how American forces have operated in the region post-9/11.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
Matter changes hands, atoms flow in and out, molecules pivot, proteins stitch together, mitochondria send out their oxidative dictates; we begin as a microscopic electrical swarm.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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After Ron falls in front of everyone, “The Chair Company” pivots into the unexpected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
BP, whose performance has generally fallen behind that of its rivals in recent years, has in recent times slashed clean energy investment as it pivots back to its more profitable oil and gas business.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Xbox leadership has insisted the "painful" cuts across its sprawling network of studios are necessary to equip it for future success, as it pivots focus to its biggest blockbuster titles.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The median Fed official in the “dot plot” leans toward one rate hike by the end of 2026 and quickly pivots to pencil in one rate cut in 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
The boy turns his head and pivots his body just in time; the Roman candle’s projectile misses my parachute by several feet.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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Then she pivoted to speaking about her pride at being from East Tennessee.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
After getting fired, Eatherly pivoted, creating his own remodeling business, named after his initials, DLE Contracting.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
As the price climbed and climbed, they pivoted and looked at established teams instead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger were eyeing an NBA expansion team bid in Las Vegas but pivoted to buying the Lakers from Mark Walter, who bought a controlling interest in the team last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Without thinking about it, she pivoted off her left foot and threw herself out over the water.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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Industry analysts say Bitcoin mining companies have been pivoting to AI because they have years of experience in finding cheap electricity and efficiently running large data centres.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
That investment and others in the AI and tech sectors have paid off handsomely, but pivoting to a legacy NBA team with a locked-in elevated financial floor could be prudent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
U.S. manufacturing is booming thanks to AI data centers, and industrial companies such as Caterpillar, Eaton and Ford Motor are pivoting their business to seize the moment, The Wall Street Journal reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Now, the country is pivoting toward yet another workaround, this time looking north to the Mediterranean Sea to export its crude.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Horned toads watched the family go by and turned their little pivoting dragon heads.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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Vocabulary from the Third and Final Presidential Debate, October 19, 2016
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