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revert

[ri-vurt] / rɪˈvɜrt /


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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

Cyclical businesses don’t tend to revert to normal, often reverting to losses, and so he argues, “the time to buy a cyclical business is when they’re making losses, not when they’re making super profits.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Next year, the opening race is set to revert to Bahrain after two years in Australia as a result of the timing of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Or do we just revert to whining about our dopey NFL fantasy teams?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

She looked so pleased, I was a bit bummed I had no follow-up and was forced to revert to my own, less impressive repertoire of replies.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

Normal overnight services will resume on Friday, when the department reverts back to an A&E.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

The company this week instead published a Gauge report for February that reverts to the earlier methodology.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

Even if everything reverts back to how we used to experience the app a week ago, the damage has been done.

From Slate Jan. 27, 2026

Ultimately, equity bulls are hoping the U.S. economy reverts to the “Goldilocks” environment that persisted for much of the 2010s.

From MarketWatch Jan. 9, 2026

Maybe this is the last "becoming American" move Didu needs to make before she reverts back to her old self.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

But within just a few months, I’d reverted to my old habits—immediately glancing at and engaging with every ping and alert, and reflexively picking up my phone to scroll through my rotation of go-to websites.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

For the memorial game, the Feeneys had reverted to their old batting order, so after Greenberg, the lineup would be wholly composed of Feeney elders.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Only a few days after the pool was refilled, though, it reverted what it always is: a filthy slime pit that nevertheless does an adequate job of its primary objective: reflecting.

From Slate Jun. 19, 2026

Teams, perhaps due to conditions and lack of coaching time, have reverted to using a 4-4-2 that looks similar, in part explaining why games feel more open.

From BBC Jun. 15, 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

The new terms fuel fee growth in the second half of this year and the first half of 2027 before annualizing and reverting to a typical high-single-digit percentage growth rate, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Yet she argues those moments are often temporary, with Islanders reverting "back to the expected gender roles".

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Some analysts argue he’s now reverting to his true nature.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Humanity’s salvation, then, rests in reverting to analog and relying on people more than circuitry.

From Salon May 5, 2026

Pantalaimon was fully awake before she was, trying the shape of an arctic fox before reverting to his favorite ermine.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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