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[ri-vurs] / rɪˈvɜrs /






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“We also suspect that the leap in exports to the U.S. will reverse in the coming months,” Vistesen added.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

More rain is in the forecast this week and while that will be welcome, sustained rainfall is needed to reverse drought conditions.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

He lost his bid to reverse the decision but with his permanent return, Ravec's risk management board will likely be re-evaluating the threat level he faces.

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

Improvements observed in mice do not necessarily mean that eating sea squirts or taking plasmalogen supplements will reverse aging in humans.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

One month after the parade, she gathered a group of 531 women—two women from every state, plus one from each congressional district—and they walked the parade route in reverse.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

The strategy reverses a yearslong expansion of product selection to meet consumer demand for new colors, styles and sizes that was turbocharged by endless options available on e-commerce sites.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

“Hey, come here, piggy piggy, come here, baby,” he said in one TikTok video, his bike brakes squealing as he reverses direction to catch up with the pink, fuzzy fugitive.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Rather than collapsing into an infinite singularity, it reaches a very high but finite density and then reverses direction, expanding outward.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

If that backdrop reverses, business models built on refinancing ever-cheaper debt begin to look much more fragile, according to Clark.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Thus, the commonsense view of invention that served as our starting point reverses the usual roles of invention and need.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Instead of the reforms many expected, he reversed course—and in doing so, Xu said, made the nature of the regime impossible to ignore.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Scotland's ranking in the latest Pisa international education study, external did not change significantly between 2022 and 2025 but a long-term decline in reading standards has not been reversed.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

The volatility index then declined as dollar-won and semiconductor stocks reversed course.

From MarketWatch Sep. 7, 2026

Is it a sight of pure, inhumane evil, or do their blank expressions merely reflect a corruption that can still be reversed?

From Salon Sep. 7, 2026

That thing I’d felt—my envy for Barack’s separateness from the process—had now utterly reversed itself.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Winning in the playoffs would go a long way to reversing that.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Swiss inflation rose to an annual rate of 0.8% in August from 0.4% in July, reversing several months of cooling price growth.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Messi first retired from international football in 2016 before reversing his decision.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

But researchers note that dramatically reversing society's shift toward indoor, technology-centered lifestyles may be difficult.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

After we’re done closing up, Marcus and Ron are in their cars and reversing out of their parking spots before Bo and I are even to our cars.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy




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