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Against the backdrop of the impending presidential election—cue laughter at references to Hillary Clinton’s inevitable win—their affinities and hopes emerge and diverge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Or are they simply the result of the random loss of gene variants as populations become isolated and slowly diverge over time?

From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026

Ministers gathered for a digital G7 meeting in Paris Friday, with host France expecting they will find common ground on online child protection but diverge over the environmental impact of computing.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Whenever China and Russia appear to diverge, a simple truth at the heart of their relationship becomes clear: neither country must follow the other, because theirs is not a formal alliance.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

Through well-tended gardens beyond her patio, narrow stone paths diverge.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

But here is where the new theology diverges most sharply from the old.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Norton, the showrunner of Netflix’s “Finding Her Edge,” said much of that show’s plot diverges from Jennifer Iacopelli’s novel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

The scene, like much of the film, diverges from her novel.

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026

But this is where history diverges with expectations: After such a strong stretch, an analysis by Dow Jones Market Data shows that the average return for the following calendar year was just 4.6%.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 28, 2025

In medical terminology the term abnormal is applied to every subject who diverges so clearly from the average as to constitute a pathological anomaly.

From Mentally Defective Children by Binet, Alfred

Almost immediately, the program diverged from the outcomes McClure had envisioned.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

Software and hardware technology stocks diverged, as the Europe-wide Stoxx 600 rose 0.2%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

The framework follows genome evolution across three broad stages: before ancestral species diverged, during their separate evolutionary histories, and after their genomes merged.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026

As a result, performance has diverged sharply between well-located trophy assets with strong tenants and older, less-competitive buildings.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Maybe it was enough that our lives had merged and diverged and left us both transformed.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

A private gauge showed China’s manufacturing activity grew at a slower pace in June due to tapered factory production, diverging from a pickup shown in a competing index.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Surprisingly, the diverging approaches might not make a huge difference for investors who focus on broad-based investment vehicles that keep costs low.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

To prevent prices of perpetual futures from diverging too dramatically from the spot price of the underlying asset, perpetual futures traded on exchanges like Hyperliquid rely on a mechanism called funding rates.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026

Different festivals appear to have adopted markedly different pricing strategies - such as moving to day events or offering less camping - leading to diverging real costs for music lovers across the UK festival circuit.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

On the other side of the world, beneath the Atlantic Ocean, the tectonic plates are moving apart, or diverging, which creates a more stable seismic environment.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland