shifted

Example Sentences

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Amen’s conviction shifted, however, after he discovered a disturbing magazine that apparently belonged to Jackson in Cascio’s possession.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Andrew Duncan, a 28-year-old coal miner in Indiana, told AFP on Thursday that he had struggled in recent years as US policy had shifted away from the fuel.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

In the new study, he shifted attention to the background flow itself and how it interacts with external forces.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

He then shifted his search to a lower-priced game: U.S.-Australia in Seattle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

I felt strange, like things had shifted around me when I wasn’t looking, but I didn’t know what it meant.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff