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Morgan favors South Korea, India, Brazil, and China, where the economy is still struggling but policies have been shifting to support the private sector and stabilize growth.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Buoyed by robust GDP growth and strong corporate earnings, investors have been shifting from megacap tech stocks in favor of stocks poised to benefit from an economic reacceleration, such as industrials, energy companies and small-caps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

In a joint statement issued to US media outlets, representatives for the couple said the pair "have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on co-parenting".

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

And shoppers have been shifting their spending to services after focusing on buying goods while they were staying close to home during the heart of the pandemic.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2024

For more than 30 years I have been shifting the same kind of papers around in the same department.

From The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein by Lichtenstein, Alfred