foot
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Then—with humanlike fluency I might characterize as confidence—FSD put its invisible foot down, moving over two lanes to anticipate merging traffic far ahead and put us in the fast lane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
But I can't see past an Arsenal win and the scoreline just depends how much Mikel Arteta's side put their foot down.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Weber moved into the 3,356 square foot house in 1994.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The stakes go far beyond daily routines or vacation itineraries; small businesses lose out on potential foot traffic and revenue whenever a thunderstorm icon appears, even if it’s bright and sunny outside.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
He tore the remaining foot off the carcass and tossed it over.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
The change in elevation from the waterfront at sea level to Genoa’s mountainous hinterland approaches 6,000 feet, and variations between adjoining neighborhoods can be as much as several hundred feet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
"The attacks were varied, so the insides of my stomach can swell up, I've had my lips, my hands, my feet."
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The proposed project would dedicate more than 55,900 square feet to open space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
The fossil belongs to Dendrocrinus simcoensis and preserves its tube feet, delicate structures that almost never survive fossilization.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Water dribbled from them, cascading into a puddle at his feet.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Levon White, a third-grader in Newman Lake, Wash., said he orders sushi once a month when he visits his best friend’s grandmother, who happily foots the bill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
It's not always obvious who foots the bill for campaign rallies.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2024
Lyle Foster has a pop from the edge of the box and a deflection almost wrong foots Ivo Grbic in the Sheffield United net but he manages to save.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024
Which media entity winds up producing Mariners games — and who foots the bill for operational costs — remains an open question for Stanton and the Mariners’ ownership group.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
In South Carol-liney, if there was some nice smooth water like this big pond, folks would jus’ willy-nilly pull their shoes off and dip their foots in the water, then go home.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
One original capped with white chocolate and footed with dark.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026
Much of the bill has been footed by U.S. taxpayers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
Over that period, South Korea footed about 30% of the total annual costs, in addition to providing indirect financial support such as waived taxes or foregone rents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
That is why the BKA footed the bill for the search this week in ruined farm buildings on merciless, shadeless scrubland in the rising heat of an Algarve summer.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2025
But man, who has but two legs, was never made to perform the service of four footed beasts.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
And it obviously didn’t help him find his footing as a Dodger, because he still hasn’t gained traction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
It added that Washington needs to immediately put mass production of precision missiles on a wartime footing because “waiting until conflict begins will be too late.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
They take the olive groves and the goats and the summer houses, and they take the makeshift shelters and the fragile new footing of people who had already lost everything once.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
He said the change would "lower the cost of travel at a critical time for teenagers, whether they're pursuing further education, vocational pathways or getting their footing in the jobs market".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
While he scrambled to get his footing, Alex quickly shut the door behind Nunu so he couldn’t run away.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
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