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“Individuals can negotiate the medium they use, although the formats lean in certain directions and nudge them to interact in particular ways,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

That includes daily breakfast shots of olive oil and lean bison meat for protein.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

We haven’t seen what happens when the cameras are not rolling or when the lights are off, so I decided to lean into that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

It was heavily scrutinized for being so lean and a cost-cutting measure to fund AI data centers.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

For one moment it felt inevitable that he would simply lean forward, that his body would pull him into the dark.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

So first of all, we’re the scrappy, leaner player in the game now.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

The model requires trade-offs, and a lot of discipline: Gund has never had a layoff but staffs sparingly so it can weather the leaner stretches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Instead of wide postwar boulevards, roads would become slower and leaner, transforming Long Beach into a top-five global cycling city, said former city traffic engineer Paul Van Dyk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

It is easy to see why JLR's chief executive PJ Balaji feels action is necessary to trim costs and make the company leaner.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

The second knife is shorter with a leaner tip and is used for detail work.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

The actor, who stands 6 feet tall, says he weighed 153 pounds at his leanest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

A commonly eaten meat in Australia, kangaroo is the world’s leanest protein and the equivalent of venison in America.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Skinless chicken and turkey breast meat — aka white meat — sold whole or as cutlets or fillets, are the leanest poultry choices.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024

It's not a lie - I was never the leanest cricketer in the world, but I won games for franchises.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2023

The advice to omit needless words should not be confused with the puritanical edict that all writers must pare every sentence down to the shortest, leanest, most abstemious version possible.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The 7-foot-long sculpture is dressed in a white bathing suit, and leans back in peace, ankles crossed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Three more are potentially competitive: South Carolina, which leans Republican, and Minnesota and New Hampshire, which lean Democratic under Cook’s ratings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

He frequently leans into his religious upbringing – as the grandson of a Southern Baptist preacher who spent time in a seminary – leavening his stump speeches with biblical references.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Longer term, Altavest’s Armbruster suggested that gold prices could be headed higher, particularly if the Federal Reserve leans toward rate cuts in 2027.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

She leans back in her chair, switches her legs.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

During his early years in power, Kim leaned heavily on the legitimacy of his grandfather, evoking the founder’s image by cropping his hair, packing on considerable weight and wearing Mao-style suits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Two candidates leaned toward the proposal and 20 supported it, they found.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Throughout his campaign, he frequently leaned into his religious upbringing – as the grandson of a Southern Baptist preacher who spent time in a seminary – sprinkling his stump speeches with biblical references.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Wearing her trademark white T-shirt and blue jeans, she leaned through the sunroof of a vehicle to wave to the crowds and shake hands with supporters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

“As new arrivals in this land”—she gripped her hands together and leaned in urgently—“for us to be accepted, we must work harder and behave better.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

She leant heavily on caddie Jason McDede to ensure she landed the title she most coveted.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

Researchers said the work also leant further credence to a theory about humpback whale patterns known as the "Southern Ocean Exchange".

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

Like the rest of Europe, Germany leant on the United States for its security for decades.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

The family also claims the new authorities have leant on the courts to find them guilty.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025

The beeches with white, naked limbs leant close to one another, their branches intermingled in a strange embrace, making a vault above my head like the archway of a church.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Tim Cook, his successor, overcame doubts by leaning in to his reputation as an operations guru and embracing a more deliberative management approach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

This comes as Wall Street has spent more than three years worried about leaning too heavily on one stock.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

Sly wrote me a note that was passed along to me about both of them, their marriage being like rocks leaning together and that she was sunshine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Speaking a few hours before the CPI release, Waller said he was "leaning towards" a 25 basis point rate hike in December even with an October report showing moderation in pricing pressures.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

Don Swanson spent his first hours at Mount St. Helens leaning out of a hovering helicopter directly over the summit of the volcano.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone