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doorstep

[dawr-step, dohr-] / ˈdɔrˌstɛp, ˈdoʊr- /
NOUN
step
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On March 26, 2020, while Steve was still recovering from being profoundly ill with COVID, I arrived at his doorstep at 6 a.m. and proclaimed, “I’m not leaving here without you.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

She said some Year 3 children had begun to feel sick in the classroom on Wednesday, which was when their teacher remembered the bunker on their doorstep.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

I was actually brought to Jeff Lewis’ doorstep by Fortune Feimster, she was the stork that delivered Zach Noe Towers to Radio Andy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Unlike Blue 1, spirulina arrives at Mars’s doorstep as a powder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Kennedy's ability to outmaneuver Khrushchev, and to assess the threat at America's doorstep, depended on the flow of secret intelligence passed to Janet Chisholm in a Moscow park.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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