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But that’s not a simple button the Dodgers can press, especially against pitchers of Sale’s caliber.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
A few weeks ago, I opened GoPuff, a grocery delivery app, and noticed a button I hadn’t seen before: a black square with a blue-and-white “go” glowing in the center.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Participants therefore had to recognize that the associations had changed, learn the new ones, and respond with the correct button using the appropriate hand and finger.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
"This is a self-inflicted wound. The organisation has pressed the self-destruct button, and the consequence of that flow now into the solutions to be that need to be found."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
I took my paw off the teleport button.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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The car did not have door handles and the electronic buttons meant to open the doors failed to work, according to his lawyers from The Veen Firm.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Secular Israelis were prepared with a counter-protest, blowing whistles to drown out the chants and with some wearing pink lapel buttons showing a middle finger.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
It’s visiting elements that can penetrate your soul and stay with you and inspire you or push buttons or make you angry or make you happy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Vehicles now have too many buttons, switches, levers and touch-screen options, which are highly distracting for drivers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
His eyes shone as he pressed buttons on the walkie-talkie, and waited while the hook-handed man answered.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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“It’s an exciting time to come in as we build out the executive team to help guide the next stage and make sure we’re buttoned up for the long haul.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
“He knows how to walk a deal through step by step to make sure that everything is complete and buttoned up,” Buss said, “and that’s exactly what happened.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
He wore a blue suit buttoned all the way up the front with bright gilt buttons, and trimmed with braid, and he had copper-toed shoes.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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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
It can get worse over time and make daily activities like buttoning a shirt difficult.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024
Navalny spent months in a punishment cell for not buttoning his uniform properly or not putting his hands behind his back when required.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
A smart person would respond to Carroll's new court filing by buttoning up.
From Salon ● May 24, 2023
He leaped up, flung on his clothes and went out of the door still buttoning his shirt.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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