shifting
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Tides, storms, shifting temperatures, and changing nutrient availability introduced new pressures that made survival less predictable and increased competition for resources.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
John Adams’ “Harmonium” operates on questioning, shifting moods of introspection, humility and awe.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The song fuses Tamil folk music, Carnatic traditions, Western classical fugue and polka, with shifting tempos and finger snaps linking its contrasting sections.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
In even as short a lifetime as hers, the author writes, it is “like a memory kaleidoscope, shifting and revealing.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
I keep shifting through the data I collected, searching for a pattern that will explain why I am stuck.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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