shifting
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This includes drought across parts of the Amazon, Indonesia and Australia, disrupted monsoons in India, and shifting rainfall throughout the tropics.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Belgium and Brazil games will be shown on a screen set up outside, which presents a small problem of shifting allegiances at home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Depending on your income or wealth, this might involve shifting more of your investments to bonds and cash equivalents.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Pushkar Raj Sabharwal's comments to the BBC come months after he rejected some media reports that suggested investigators were shifting focus to his son, Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the senior pilot in the cockpit.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Its effectiveness was limited by shifting wind directions, and by the rapid development of protective gas masks.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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