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go into reverse



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And when prices go into reverse, leverage inevitably magnifies the pain.

From Barron's Oct. 25, 2025

The trans-Atlantic migration could now go into reverse.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 13, 2025

These trends are raising expectations that the Fed might manage to engineer an often-elusive “soft landing,” whereby the economy slows but doesn’t go into reverse and unemployment rate rises slightly but stays low.

From Seattle Times Jan. 11, 2023

The halt was temporary, but it was enough to make some ecologists fear that officials’ recent championing of fire could still go into reverse.

From New York Times May 5, 2022

It will be "painful" to go into "reverse gear again", said the chief executive and co-founder of Grind.

From BBC Dec. 8, 2021




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