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react

[ree-akt] / riˈækt /


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Danbom, who had the green light, claimed in his lawsuit he had just a few seconds to react before an inevitable crash.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Bobby Thomas: A tough night for the Coventry centre-back, but he did react well to clear when Rushworth parried a shot in the second half.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The immune system may show signs of how strongly it will react even before vaccination.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

Bandelier says that hedge funds have expressed interest in trading event contracts tied to iPhone sales rather than trying to anticipate how Apple shares will react to sales numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

They hit the dragon’s head, but it doesn’t react as it flies past the skyway.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

The Tesla’s cameras can see jaywalkers before I do, oncoming headlights don’t blind it, and the car reacts faster than I can.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

As that acidic water reacts with certain rocks -- limestone, for instance -- it releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Finally, as with all previous administrations, how a Burnham-led government reacts to events beyond its control may have the biggest impact on the money in people's pockets.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

In a matter of weeks, I have become addicted not just to watching the man play but seeing how he reacts when a shot is made or a game won.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

“SCID is so rare and so complicated, honey. Not everyone understands it. There are just so many versions and every person reacts a little differently.”

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

Fans reacted to its latest announcement with disappointment.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Neither the DRC nor M23 authorities have yet reacted to the announcement of the mission.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Samsung Electronics stock had its worst day in three weeks on Monday as investors reacted to its shareholder-return plan, souring the mood for other memory-chip making rivals.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

Those cells showed widespread changes in gene activity, including shifts in how they processed fuel, reacted to hormones, and detected nutrient availability.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

As African Americans obtained political power and began the long march toward greater social and economic equality, whites reacted with panic and outrage.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

How are financial brands reacting to all these finfluencers?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Nvidia stock was reacting to its latest financial support for OpenAI’s huge data-center plans.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Her voice breaks as she sings the lyric, "But I knew who I was when I got here", but it transpires that she's simply reacting to an audience member who's blubbing their eyes out.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Rather than reacting only to familiar properties such as color or intensity, it detects subtle quantum distinctions in the incoming light.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

But Ebright, reacting to rumors his father had heard, had come to suspect that Pocock was sending him second-rate or defective equipment in order to hobble Washington’s principal rival.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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