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[ri-vurs] / rɪˈvɜrs /






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Inspired by an ancient invention, the tiny machine can even reverse its direction when the electrical voltage is switched.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

The summit has been reviewing progress since nearly 200 nations pledged in 2022 to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in a historic moment dubbed the 'Paris agreement for nature'.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Legislators have introduced proposals through the years, and policy advocacy groups and experts have written blueprints to reverse insolvency.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

In fact, Kelly’s offense has done something even more improbable than reverse the Big Ten’s historic pecking order.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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

Michael Hartnett made the call in his weekly “flow show” research note published Friday, and it reverses the prescient recommendation he made almost a year ago.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

The man rushes to the garage, grabs a crate of tools and a leaf blower and gets back inside the vehicle, which then reverses and drives off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The vehicle reverses, crashing into a parked car, before pulling forwards.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

A mistranslation of that “hold” instruction as “adhere to your medication” dangerously reverses the meaning, while being similar enough that it might score decently.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

I think perhaps Liza accepted the world as she accepted the Bible, with all of its paradoxes and its reverses.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Ostensibly, Livingston’s Mark is supposed to be the Grinch, Lennon’s character jolly old St. Nicholas, their eventual roles reversed as the chainsaws rev up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

According to residents the driver reversed onto nearby Fairwood Terrace and then headed back on Victoria Road in the opposite direction.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Treasury yields reversed early declines and rose, as markets awaitd tomorrow’s Fed decision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Again, the RSI signals are warnings that need to be confirmed by price to indicate the uptrend has reversed.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

I would too if the cards were reversed.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

Although the work does not establish a treatment capable of reversing aging in people, it offers a laboratory model for investigating how cells regain youthful characteristics.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

For the full S&P 500, the forward P/E ratio has declined to 19, from 22.2 at the end of last year, reversing the rising trend over the previous three years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

As has always been the case when reverse swing is in play, pacers are bowling fuller and utilising more inswing now the ball is reversing.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Oil prices fell Thursday, reversing gains from the previous session as traders weighed signs of recovering Middle East crude supplies and a weaker demand outlook against persistent shipping risks around the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

I went downstairs to my old friend the pay phone and called the number of Francis’s mother’s apartment in Boston, reversing the charges to my father.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt


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