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[bay] / beɪ /




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It positions the tubes and joints on an assembly plate and connects them to create a new truss bay.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

On the USS George Washington, teams work around the clock to position aircraft for missions, shuttling them between the flight deck and the hangar bay using four giant elevators that move multiple planes at once.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

But the real test of intismeran will be how well the vaccine keeps cancer at bay over time.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

People run on the Humboldt Bay Trail, which connects Arcata and Eureka via a 6.5 mile multi-use trail set between the 101 Freeway and the bay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

We’d shoved the big brass bed we shared into the bay window, hoping a breath of cool night air would make a wrong turn and stumble across us.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Inside were two previously assembled truss bays, reinforced with diagonal tubes and connecting joints.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

The robot then extended the two previously assembled truss bays out of the machine and proceeded to construct a third bay using the onboard assembly system.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Half of all councils in England actively encourage parking on pavements through marked bays or signage, BBC research has found.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

He uses fans in the bays for the mechanics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

“We have several bays free, so there’s no waiting. Package pricing information is displayed right here.”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

"Show us you care, Ma'am" bayed the Daily Express headline.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2022

A tri-colored package of personality-plus, Uno quickly bayed his way to fan favorite.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2021

Conte, rather dubiously, claimed that it was a tactical decision to take Alonso off shortly after the Stoke supporters bayed for the left wing-back to be dismissed following a foul on Mame Diouf.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 23, 2017

On a recent afternoon this summer, while her loyal dogs bayed outside, Laura Mathews sat at the dining table in her spacious suburban home with tears in her hazel eyes.

From Chicago Tribune ● Sep. 8, 2014

They bayed in chorus and tried to inch closer to Bertha.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

That entire pseudo-event was one one of those blink-and-you-miss-it moments that get drowned out in the endless baying insanity of our collective reality.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026

Von Allmen, however, was a picture of celebration after his storming run, the large number of baying Swiss fans in the packed tribune wildly applauding their hero, flags waved, cowbells heaved and air horns blown.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

To the delight of a baying Gabba crowd and in the intense atmosphere of the Queensland night, England were left in disarray at 134-6 - still 43 behind.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025

Later, “Dance of the Reed Flutes” becomes a sleazy, vaudevillian show tune sung by an anthropomorphic Rat King to his loyal subjects, a group of baying rodents dressed like SS officers.

From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

Old Man Snow had the first tractor in town, and he drove it to the store like it was a car—newspaper tucked under his arm, his hounds Cadillac and Dan baying beside him.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot


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