be open

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The polls will be open between 0700 BST and 2200 BST on Thursday 7 May, with results expected to follow on Friday and over the weekend.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

His proposal says those homes would be open to not only teachers but also nurses, firefighters and families in the district.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

About 30% of American car buyers would be open to buying a vehicle from China, up by 15 percentage points from a decade prior, according to a survey by Strategic Vision, a market-research firm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

One CFP I interviewed said he would create a plan, but I would have to be open to moving my investment relationship.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

They claimed that possession of the entire world west of that line would be open to Spanish conquest.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz