adjust
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“Let’s go get David Beckham,” commissioner Don Garber said, “and adjust our rules.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Ahead of the opening arguments, Rinderknecht smoothed back his hair and his lawyer helped adjust his tie, before giving him a pat on the back.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Players and referees will need to adjust to several new rules being rolled out at the World Cup, including teams being required to make substitutions inside 10 seconds to prevent time-wasting.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Attempting to adjust your gold exposure in response to external factors is most likely a fool’s errand.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
She’d enrolled in Kinloch Abbey and was trying to adjust.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Vocabulary lists containing adjust
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