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Tough headwinds have the industry eyeing the reset button.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 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
These guys that take your bass line and make a record by pressing a button — I think that’s cheating a bit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The setup process is refreshingly simple — download, log in and hit the Quick Connect button.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
A man emerged at the doorway in nothing but shorts, a bloated belly overhanging the open top where a button used to be.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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But to see him moving the levers and pushing buttons was fascinating.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
On Friday, Ohtani handed back over pitch-calling duties, communicating with head shakes and nods instead of the PitchCom buttons on his arm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Many objects are not unique and quite a few are mass-produced, such as campaign posters and buttons and magazine covers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
However, Kathryn said she tried everything to stop "intrusive" adverts but updating her settings or clicking on mark as spam buttons did not prevent baby adverts popping up on her feeds weeks after a miscarriage.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
She shrieked, “There he is, poor child!” and pulled me into a hug that nearly jammed the brass buttons on her jacket through my head.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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It’s hard to get buttoned up and take things seriously.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
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
He buttoned his vest from the bottom up, instead of from the top down, because the bottom-to-top process took him only three seconds, while the top-to-bottom took seven.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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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
Navalny spent months in a punishment cell for not buttoning his uniform properly or not putting his hands behind his back when required.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
Ms Thompson said that despite 2024 looking like it will be a challenging year, households are very good at adapting to a new lending landscape and "buttoning down the hatches."
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2023
A smart person would respond to Carroll's new court filing by buttoning up.
From Salon ● May 24, 2023
Just as Neel was buttoning the last button on his shirt, the golpata trees rustled behind them.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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