shifts

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Too much of the album is mired in the slog of repetitive beats, and the best moments come when the production shifts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

"Or when we first started working in the village shop back in the old days, we maybe swapped a few shifts, but in a professional capacity we don't."

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Matt Brittin, 57, who has no broadcasting or journalism experience, starts the job against a background of drastic shifts in the media landscape.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

“But it shifts through time and locations. It means different things to different people. We’re interested in that rolling trajectory, rather than trying to pin it down in a definitive way.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

“I feel like I’m failing you, Babygirl. I work twelve-hour shifts, five days a week. You should have somebody around who you can talk to.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston