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[zoom] / zum /


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And if you zoom out just a little bit, you see this same disturbing inequality through a much bigger lens—and people are finally getting mad about it.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

New sector ETFs from other firms also zoom in on an industry’s top holdings, but use different approaches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The title of the limited run has yet to be announced, but Dunham did ask her fellow cast on the mock zoom call, "can we still call it Girls?"

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

At the end of a slow zoom shot, we see the article’s title in Italian until it’s translated for us in English: “A Machine Has Been Invented That Photographs the Past.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

I sat on a Coke crate and watched pickups zoom by till I was nearly poisoned with exhaust fumes and boredom.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

Her camera zooms in on an envelope he is carrying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Bavarian forest beautifully stands in for 1930s Oregon and cinematographer Matteo Cocco balances ’70s-inspired slow zooms with composed, high-contrast images that hark to early 20th century styles of photography.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

The camera then zooms into Beddoes' face and he pushes it away.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

She throws a different leather handbag onto the passenger seat of her car, pulls on a pair of black leather driving gloves, and zooms off.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

A hummingbird’s heart zooms at 1,260 beats per minute.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti


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