react
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Credit card debt, home loans and savings accounts are all likely to react.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Rhys didn’t react like his characters might have — instead, he thanked his homeland: “To the great and good people of Wales… we are a small but mighty nation!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
All of this is to ignore what the Federal Reserve would react.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
"I need to be able to help them better so they are not responsible, and after you need to react and think what's better for the team."
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
They hit the dragon’s head, but it doesn’t react as it flies past the skyway.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Roy Keane: Foden gets up and reacts obviously, so he's sent off.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
It is then converted into sulfuric acid, which reacts with mined phosphate rock to produce phosphoric acid used to make phosphate fertilizers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
As that acidic water reacts with certain rocks -- limestone, for instance -- it releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
New Zealand forward Elijah Just reacts after scoring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
He likes putting sound effects into comedies, the sillier the better, and he reacts to them like a delighted little boy.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
His shock was how she, too, would have reacted to false allegations.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
"I honestly think we're just happy that everyone reacted to the scripts the way we did when we read them, and that's all to thanks to this team," Rhys said.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Those chlorine atoms then reacted with methane in the plume, helping destroy some of the methane released during the eruption.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Joy Wiltermuth explained how the market reacted negatively to the Treasury Department’s bond auction and redemption activities following strong words about government intervention by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
One of the soldiers, Willie Jett, reacted skeptically to Herold’s story.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Appearing in public for the final time in 1947, the year of Churchill’s cutting comment, Baldwin noticed an animated throng reacting to his arrival.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Nvidia stock was reacting to an expanded collaboration with AI software company Palantir.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
And reacting online to the clip of Owen, another parent wrote: "Parents and potential parents do not listen to this man. Tell your kids you love them everyday, even when it annoys them."
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
“It’s just the way my body was reacting, was more under control,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Typically, the plane would have been flying on autopilot in that situation, reacting immediately and appropriately to wind shear.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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