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Many have been with the company for decades, and lean on extensive personal relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The Dodgers have learned to lean on Yamamoto.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

With lean teams, many small-caps can adopt AI tools quickly, automate workflows, and expand capacity without proportionally growing head count.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Lakers will lean on Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves to lead the team this season, and they showed their on-court chemistry in a 114-110 win over Sacramento.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

I lean over the back of my seat and grab Leo’s Giants cap off his head.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

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

He said this leaner version of the company aims to pivot from designing truck bodies to developing and improving software for trucks made by contract factories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The mice also appeared younger, leaner and more physically fit than control animals of the same age.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

The move marks one of Uber's largest restructurings in years and signals a shift towards a leaner operating model.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Tank is around the same height as Ziggy, but a lot leaner.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

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

The leanest pork cuts include the loin, tenderloin, center loin and ham.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024

The CEO concentrated the business, exiting less productive properties and dumping an in-house service arm, and set out a mission to make Pioneer the leanest, profitable and most desirable catch among U.S. shale independents.

From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 2023

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

Study after study shows that the leanest curriculums are being offered in the highest-poverty areas, despite ample evidence that this is exactly the wrong thing to do.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

The woman sitting next to me leans close.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

For now, Grail leans on a niche cash market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Picture a developer trying to build a hillside home; a commission that’s wary of such projects could reject it, while another commission that leans more pro-housing could approve it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Mr. Redler’s score leans toward musical theater, with tuneful, rhythmic arias often built on strophic, deftly rhymed text as well as deep affinity with Maclean’s poetic diction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

He leans back on his long, hairless tail.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

They did not attempt to find the quirks in this familiar score, but rather leaned into its inherent merits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Managers have leaned on him, team-mates respect him, and fans of all generations adore him.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

“It weakens the ‘no low-band’ rebuttal management teams have leaned on,” Maral wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Over the summer, the Three Lions found ways to win but often leaned on scrappy moments of brilliance rather than methodical dominance.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

I leaned my head back against the wooden slats of the seat and shut my eyes, reliving another train trip to Brabant.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Joshua Robbins, 23, leant on the balcony railings of his home in Holland and Thurston Dwellings, Holborn, when it gave way on 26 January.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

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

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025

I leant back in my seat and closed my eyes.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Investors are leaning hard on this country to get its spiralling public debt under control.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Under the direction of new CEO Josh D’Amaro, the company is embarking on a path toward becoming a “more efficient” and “much smaller organization,” leaning on further internal consolidation and more external deals.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Johnson & Johnson is leaning toward spinning out its hips-and-knees business, according to Chief Financial Officer Joseph Wolk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

That track record is what Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is leaning on, too, as he continues to predict that Ohtani will bust out of his funk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

He pushed harder and harder, leaning on his arm, and suddenly his whole body tipped over.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry