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[ri-vurs] / rɪˈvɜrs /






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Currently Merlin-run parks operate a reverse queue system for Rap holders, meaning they must pre-book a slot in advance to skip the queue for a ride, then wait before they can go on another.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

The UVM researchers decided to reverse the usual logic behind antioxidant-based cancer strategies.

From Science Daily Sep. 17, 2026

The dot plot also suggested that the Fed was likely to reverse course in 2027 and cut rates slightly.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

China's retail sales grew last month at their slowest pace since May, official data showed on Tuesday, as the country's leaders struggle to reverse a persistent slump in spending.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

The force they create holds the Grootslang in place just long enough for the akrafena to course upward like a bolt of lightning in reverse.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

Ignoring those facts not only puts women at risk of injury or injustice; it reverses 50 years of advancement.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

"We are not saying that semaglutide reverses aging or makes people younger," said Corley.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

"An opt-out scheme just reverses that default and makes us go through hoops to preserve it."

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

General Washington initially refuses to allow blacks to serve but later reverses that policy.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Meanwhile, gold reversed losses ahead of the Fed decision, with spot prices last up 0.7% at over $4,300 a troy ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

However, a lower calculated biological age does not necessarily mean that the aging process itself has been permanently reversed.

From Science Daily Sep. 16, 2026

This week, the 9th Circuit reversed him, finding the Korean companies intentionally reserved immobilizers as an “upsell” for American buyers, making millions of base-models easy to hot-wire with little more than a screwdriver.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

Within a few weeks, Sheer Health’s team used much of the same information from my appeal to get the denial reversed.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

I hate the fact that he had to save us—but the situation could just as easily have been reversed, with me being the one to save the day.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Major stock-market indexes rallied, reversing the declines that followed the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hike Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

The 10-year German Bund yield rose to a new 15-year high of 3.515% before reversing to 3.502%, while the 10-year U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Because there are currently no effective treatments capable of preventing or reversing most forms of dementia, researchers are increasingly focused on identifying factors that could reduce the likelihood of developing the condition.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

Looking back, I think it was then that I quietly began to let go of the idea that there was any reversing his course, that he'd ever belong solely to me and the girls.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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