station
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If that doesn’t sound hard enough, participants have to run a kilometer before each station.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
He was arrested and held in a police station for five hours, but no further action was taken because of a lack of evidence.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Only shortwave radios worked, and the mayor of Los Angeles, Frank Shaw, spoke to the nation thanks to a relay via a wireless station way up in Point Reyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
An old station house that is up for auction in Nottinghamshire has had unexpected attention after being dubbed the "scariest house on Rightmove".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Or chugging away from St. Clair, since Sassafras Springs didn’t have a train station.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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Power was restored to some priority areas by late evening, including those near hospitals and water pumping stations in the capital Havana, grid operator UNE said.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
French motorists have clogged TotalEnergies service stations in recent months to fill up with discount petrol, after the energy giant capped its prices at 1.99 euros per litre.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Maintaining vintage vehicles is a labor of love, and the biennial smog check requirement poses an additional challenge for collectors, as not all gas stations are equipped to provide this service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The new findings suggest the brain not only communicates with immune cells, but may also have specialized immune "security stations" positioned unusually close by.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Harvard Square station was much busier than the other stations we’d been in.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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When the United States declared war in June 1812, Byfield was stationed at Fort George on the Niagara River.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
I would not necessarily improve an afternoon at the Montrose Bird Sanctuary by having someone stationed at the exit to hand me a receipt: You saw $46 worth of warblers today.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Yakob and Tatyana, by then in their late 30s, had devoted the majority of their lives to promoting the spread of communism—first in the Soviet Union and then as undercover agents stationed around Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Sets of instruments were stationed along every wall of the room, fully encompassing us in sound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The major New York City papers had reporters stationed throughout the crowd to cover Maggie Fox’s return to the stage.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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As part of the response, the US is stationing dogs capable of sniffing out screwworms at the borders.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
European officials said at the time that they expected negotiations with the U.S. to focus on stationing forces at bases in Greenland and expanded European efforts to boost security around the Arctic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
Parents started to set up school patrols, stationing volunteers in the parking lot and in their neighborhoods to make sure kids, families and staff could come and go to school safely.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2026
Pratt wonders if there are creative solutions, such as bolstering the sheep population by bringing in animals raised elsewhere or stationing guard dogs around the herds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
It was George who had the idea of stationing Stuart inside the piano to push the key up the second it was played.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
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