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reverse

[ri-vurs] / rɪˈvɜrs /






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Polymarket has reimbursed some customers who suffered losses, while others have worked with their banks to reverse unauthorized charges, said a person familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

The UVM researchers decided to reverse the usual logic behind antioxidant-based cancer strategies.

From Science Daily Sep. 17, 2026

When that relationship ends, however, the reverse happens, to a similar magnitude.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

China's retail sales grew last month at their slowest pace since May, official data showed on Tuesday, as the country's leaders struggle to reverse a persistent slump in spending.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

There’s no gearshift inside the guardhouse, but I’m hoping Ma knows how to put it in reverse.

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott

“Hey, come here, piggy piggy, come here, baby,” he said in one TikTok video, his bike brakes squealing as he reverses direction to catch up with the pink, fuzzy fugitive.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

It then reverses the process, turning the rust back into iron and breathing out oxygen to charge and discharge the battery.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Rather than collapsing into an infinite singularity, it reaches a very high but finite density and then reverses direction, expanding outward.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

If that backdrop reverses, business models built on refinancing ever-cheaper debt begin to look much more fragile, according to Clark.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

“The point which must be clearly understood is that the struggle is not over, and negotiations themselves are a theater of struggle, subject to advances and reverses as any other form of struggle.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

When the physical structures were mirrored, their optical behavior reversed as well.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

This week, the 9th Circuit reversed him, finding the Korean companies intentionally reserved immobilizers as an “upsell” for American buyers, making millions of base-models easy to hot-wire with little more than a screwdriver.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

EFF is seeking more details from CMS, such as how often denials were reversed on appeal, how the AI systems were trained and how they were tested to protect from bias, Cohen said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

Instead of the reforms many expected, he reversed course—and in doing so, Xu said, made the nature of the regime impossible to ignore.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

The fate of an individual or an entire community can be reversed or set on a whole new course.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe

Major stock-market indexes rallied, reversing the declines that followed the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hike Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Winning in the playoffs would go a long way to reversing that.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Messi, who is Argentina's appearances record holder with 207 caps, first retired from international football in 2016 before reversing his decision.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Removing EP2 restored the macrophages' ability to dispose of neutrophils, reversing the disruption caused by PGE2.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

The area code was Massachusetts, probably Boston; I checked my watch and then dialed the number, reversing the charges to Dr. Roland’s office.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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