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Agathe Chateau Frilloux sprinted down a long road parallel to the Champs Elysee, her daughter and son running close behind, only just making it to their designated gate before the set cut-off time.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
I took the long way out and walked slowly past the studio parking lot, out the front gate, and down the street, to where my junker was double-parked in front of the funeral parlor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Dozens of protesters rallied outside Paramount Skydance’s Melrose Ave. gate Tuesday morning to criticize the settlement agreement the company reached with California Atty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The Principality Stadium's retractable roof allows organisers to capture the immense scale, atmosphere and gate revenue of a stadium show while offering full protection from the elements.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
In a dressing shed near the outer gate of the camp, I was outfitted with clothes.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Not everyone outside the gates opposed the deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
In an earlier era, perhaps, Cramer’s leaks about Martian bases and wormhole gates would have remained within his insular world of UFO blogs.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Spanning 5,920 square feet, the six-bedroom, seven-bathroom residence is tucked behind gates and surrounded by mature greenery, offering plenty of privacy in the sought-after California enclave.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
By Saturday morning, reporters from all three outlets were turned away at the White House gates.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
Anya reached the gates Vasilisa had brought her, Ivan, and Håkon through.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Newbies will have to parse the gear thingy in the console, three controllers meant to evoke the gated shifters of yore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
She is reportedly renting out a gated property in the Home Counties, according to the Sun newspaper.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
For a time, the internet did put a Band-Aid on this problem, bringing isolated communities together and providing the sort of crosstalk they couldn’t hear on the abandoned sidewalks of gated developments.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Taylor’s home studio was built in a guest house behind his family’s home in Hidden Hills, a gated community on the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
On the night of February 26, 2012, Martin had engaged in an altercation with Zimmerman, who was the neighborhood watch coordinator for the Sanford, Florida, gated community in which the confrontation took place.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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They also argue that humans will probably remain in the loop, supervising that process—and gating how fast it can occur.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The spinal cord contains "gating" circuits that normally suppress mechanical itch signals, allowing them to pass through only under specific conditions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
PSPOs replace earlier measures such as designated public place orders, gating orders, and dog control orders.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
The funds started gating their exits and giving investors smaller and smaller prorated portions of the cash investors sought.
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026
One would think it’d be enough to kick the poor devil out of his prefectship without gating him for the rest of the term into the bargain.
From Haviland's Chum by Bertram Mitford