metamorphosis
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What followed was a multiyear metamorphosis from labor moderate to radical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
But even in the midst of this annual metamorphosis, she tends to find her way back to the same place: a small Swedish fishing village called Torekov.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
That's not what we would expect to see in amphibians, whose metamorphosis from tadpoles into adults includes much more dramatic rearranging and development of organs and limbs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
“Adventure, risk, transformation,” she exults, forever on the lookout for her next metamorphosis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
A great metamorphosis had come upon the city since last I had been there, the winter previous.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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"Just like butterflies, corals also undergo different metamorphoses and stages."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025
Lyn Slater will be the first to tell you her life has been a series of happy accidents and purposeful metamorphoses.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
These metamorphoses are far more compelling and convincing than the psychological evolution of the story’s central character.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2023
For these eight women I spoke to over the course of the last five months, pregnancy and childbirth prompted astounding metamorphoses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
Olakunde shall be the Ovid of far Oyo, writing the tales of Africk metamorphoses; and Pomp recording his ghost stories for a winter night.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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