mat
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As communities across the country push back against data centers, West Virginia is practically rolling out the welcome mat.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
In a separate room with bunk beds for napping, younger children sat on a pink-and-blue mat, captivated by a teacher reading them a story.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
He noted that the floor mat in the hall was sodden and that the door handle of the bathroom was on the floor in the hall.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Medics whisked him to safety, gave him a pain blocker, and placed him in a bed with a recessed, plush mat that molded to his body.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
She spun around and saw Grandmother watching her from the mat.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
The schoolhouse is a dull, matted red, as are other architectural elements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
She travelled to the animal charity's Glasgow base to collect him and found George "more or less fine, save for some matted fur and bad teeth".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
Tattered curtains, matted carpets and missing shower heads were replaced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
As erosion slows, marsh and streamside vegetation is rebounding and putting down densely matted root systems that can increasingly stand firm against flooding, or surging waves.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024
Its eyes rolled, frightened whites showing bright against its matted fur.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
Wearing skullcaps, about 60 kneeled in the sun on green matting spread over bits of scrubby brown vegetation.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
Buttar expressed her shock at the lack of adequate crash matting and remarked during the sentencing that Watts was lucky to be alive, according to the news release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
It said the firm "did not extend the crash matting needed to mitigate the consequences of an unintended fall following changes to the set and the sequence of the stunt".
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2023
Families pick the type of frame and matting and then a professional framer gets started.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2022
The three stood at the rail and watched the long, slim craft, carved from one log, with a huge sail woven of matting.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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