oval
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She replaced the oval table in the ECB headquarters with a round one and upped the amount of time for discussions at policy meetings, efforts intended to make all countries—not just the larger ones—feel included.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
About 225,000 fans attended the first race, which took place on a 2.6-mile circuit that combined a new road course and the banked oval used for the Indy 500.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
It has a roughly oval shape and a prominent depression near its south pole.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
IndyCar and Penske Racing will pay much of the $35 million cost to stage the race, supported by sponsors to boost attention for a series best known for the Indianapolis 500 oval classic.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
To make it fancier, she also had hung a cracked oval mirror on a nearby branch.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
The Pettit National Ice Center, in Milwaukee, is one of two Olympic-grade long-track ovals in the entire U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
The orange ovals here show how a perfect circle on the globe is distorted depending on where it is located.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2026
Schumacher will compete in his first oval races, with six ovals on the 17-race IndyCar schedule, including the feature Indianapolis 500 next May 24.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
The Earth-size ovals, which are visible only at ultraviolet wavelengths, are embedded in layers of stratospheric haze that cap the planet's poles.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024
There they prized it open and took out all the seeds—flat pale ovals as big as Mary’s little fingernail—and examined each one carefully.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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