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"The technical phrase that is used in research for this is known as 'emotional contagion', which basically says behaviours and attitudes and unity can spread and ripple through the team," he said.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

“South American mango basically screwed up the mango,” says Savani.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

"Previously, these models basically had random regions of polarization, but they didn't tell you how those regions correlate with each other," Xu says.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

“The rise in gas prices is just basically free advertisement for EV adoption,” Labrin said.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

Actually, they laugh, which is, basically, the same thing.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein