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The only thing I can think of that’s worse than getting stuck on Greatest Hits or Top 40 is pushing a button and generating “infinite personalized music” with no human influence.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
If you’ve been peering through the steamed up windows of the Amicus Plus smokeless cigar bar longingly, hovering over that “subscribe to Slate Plus” button.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
Last month Masters told BBC Sport that Infantino had "pressed the self-destruct button" by delivering "a self-inflicted wound" over FFE.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
When I click on the button for more information it often takes me to a blank page.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
She pressed a button and the doors closed.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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By popular demand, the capacitive switches on the Roma’s steering wheel have been replaced with tactile buttons and controllers—including, Ferrari says, the return of the iconic Start button.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Life is demanding, and everyone wants something that presses on the “good feeling” buttons in our brains.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026
“If they can kind of identify each other, wear the buttons or hand them out to the community, it’s kind of a signal,” she said.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
Once everything is in place, Gardner tests the fire — there are buttons he presses with each thumb to ignite the flame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
In her closet, Renata kept a plastic bucket of discarded stuff—old switches and dials and buttons; the insides of broken radios and electronic games.
From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan
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Traditionally Coke would have buttoned up term sheets before showing off new drinks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
It’s good the NFL isn’t as buttoned up as it used to be regarding its public image, although it’s probably wishing this story would go away.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Appearing remotely via video-link wearing a partially buttoned pale blue shirt, Brand, the ex-husband of popstar Katy Perry, only spoke to confirm his name and his date of birth.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
A year after graduating, he began designing menswear at Stirling Copper and was responsible for the body-hugging, buttoned trousers Sir Mick Jagger wore during The Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter tour in 1969.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
The dwarf buttoned his back flap, which had been blasted open by the gale emanating from his nether regions.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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Instead of clocking into a cubicle for a traditional 9-to-5 and buttoning corporate uniforms each morning, some new grads are spinning records from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. or writing Substack newsletters from cafes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Bloomberg reported on March 26 that OpenAI was close to buttoning up the $40-billion financing deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025
It can get worse over time and make daily activities like buttoning a shirt difficult.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024
We first hear the song as Tony is getting ready to go out, blow-drying his hair, trying on various gold chains and meticulously buttoning his best dress shirt.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2022
That he seemed incapable of buttoning up his shirt, knotting his tie and tying his shoelaces before presenting himself for a job interview.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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