revert
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"People may revert to their prior behavioural patterns because the incentive payments are insufficient when the enthusiasm has waned," said Ferraro, an expert in human behaviour and public policy.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Or does he revert to Cunha, given there has been no indication Amad is ready to return.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
To begin the repair process, mature liver cells revert toward a fetal-like progenitor state.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
And while Boeing initially seemed chastened in its behavior, Kennedy said that after the MAX planes got approved, “they seemed to revert right back to their old ways.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
I stared at that last line, dated on the first day of school, urging it to change, to revert to its true form, because I knew I must have made it up.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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Whether the baseball team that calls Angel Stadium home reverts to its hometown name remains to be seen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Normal overnight services will resume on Friday, when the department reverts back to an A&E.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
But he warms right up again when she reverts to Korean to assure him she can pay for the trouble he’s created.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026
Otherwise, he reverts to various forms of industrial policy, such as requiring foreign companies to form partnerships with German firms as a cost of entry into the European market and the like.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
The laws governing inheritance are quite unknown; no one can say why...the child often reverts in certain characters to its grandfather....
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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Trump additionally reverted the name of Denali, North America's highest peak, to its former moniker Mt.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Ferguson lost her courtesy royal divorcee title and reverted to her maiden name, and also lost the freedom of the city of York after councillors voted unanimously to remove the honour over the scandal.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The strategy bought the market at that point and held until the market reverted to that mean.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
For Friday’s U.S.–Australia match, the network reverted to full-screen ads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
After a while, the conversation reverted to roora, the bride-prices that had been paid for various relatives.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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Most of those don’t offer much electric range before reverting to the gas engine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Verstappen's pace came despite Red Bull reverting to a standard rear wing while they refine the the 'flip-flop' or 'somersault' design that caused high-speed crashes for the Dutchman in the past two races.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Some analysts argue he’s now reverting to his true nature.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Gyllenhaal has done the latter, it seems, reverting to flattened characters who don’t require bold artistic leaps or personal attachment, and thus don’t cause heartbreak if a film underperforms.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
“Well,” Ube said, his face reverting to its usual lightness, “if it’s knowledge y’all want, then you came to the right place.”
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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