shifting
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They have contrasting views on policing: Malik said she opposes expanding the size of the Los Angeles Police Department and instead supports shifting more resources to the city’s unarmed crisis response program.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
The city has proposed shifting costs entirely onto employees as it manages a $50 million shortfall.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Starting this year, Fresno elementary students returned their take‑home laptops, with computer access shifting to in class only.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
The decline of these former darlings was driven by a combination of shifting consumer habits and ad spending and a venture-capital-charged hype machine that aggressively overvalued these companies’ potential from the start.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
G’ma’s is closed, though he can hear her shifting around behind it.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
Vocabulary lists containing shifting
Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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