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Far from simply pressing a button, film projectionists must actively guide a screening, threading and splicing reels and closely monitoring for mechanical issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Tough headwinds have the industry eyeing the reset button.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
A built-in function lets users add films to their watchlist with the touch of a button, and watchlists are easily sortable in case you’re in the mood for something specific.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
After a decade or so of failing to qualify for major tournaments - since Euro 2000 - the authorities hit the reset button.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
She jabbed at the call button for the elevator.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Neatly labeled drawers hold hand fans, plastic snakes, buttons, buckles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
But to see him moving the levers and pushing buttons was fascinating.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Companies that gathered at the Automate conference in Chicago said many of those are already taking shape, beginning with emergency stop buttons and going all the way down to the microchip level.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Maybe you can fix the whole mess by pressing the right buttons on your remote, but with four to choose from, that’s a game of roulette you’re sure to lose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
It had orange buttons on the front flap!
From "Sleepover Sleuths: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #1" by Carolyn Keene
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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
As he buttoned up a professional baseball uniform for the first time in his life, he understood that he was becoming the guinea pig in an experiment that has the whole industry watching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
The first episode featured a noticeably stiff Piker standing in front of the camera, wearing a lavender shirt buttoned up to his collar.
From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2025
Whenever he was out with others, he was properly buttoned up, his clothes clean and ironed within an inch of their lives—but not with me.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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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
His alleged infractions included not washing his face at a specified time and not buttoning his clothing properly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
We first hear the song as Tony is getting ready to go out, blow-drying his hair, trying on various gold chains and meticulously buttoning his best dress shirt.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2022
She girds herself for the interrogation; taking a few deep breaths — decisive, metallic — and buttoning her jacket as if it might shield her from danger.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
He finished buttoning and took a bite of the bagel, set it down on the counter while he poured himself some coffee.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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