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chain

[cheyn] / tʃeɪn /




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After I laid eyes on the current Oval Office, photos of the former version looked to me as if they were taken in a chain hotel suite, and not a particularly plush one.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

“Supply chain risks have always been rising and have always been an area of great concern and weakness,” Taneja said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

With a booming box office full of films like “Obsession,” “Backrooms” and “Scary Movie,” the theater chain has postponed the concert project until later this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Meanwhile, Swedish sweet shop chain Candy King, opened its first US outlet in Manhattan last December.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Tomás had brought two chain saws, but they immediately decided it would be safer for one of them to use the saw while the other pulled branches and pieces of trunk out of the way.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith




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