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Davey Hoy, softly spoken and with a neat white beard, produced his diaries from the time, where the meeting was clearly recorded.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
On Thursday, workers in rubber pants roamed the water with vacuums that sucked up the algae in neat rows.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026
Even if they started out reticent, the fathers became active participants, asking questions about creating a neat French braid, what to do about tangled ponytails and how to deal with frightened children, Lin said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Grasping a pair of dark grey trousers, it raised its upper body to stretch the fabric taut, before laying it flat and arranging it into neat halves.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Once I’d surrendered all the unsavory old clothes to Aunt Kitty, I turned to a neat pile of fresh garments stacked on her bed.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Roger Rose, from Burton Latimer, where Kettering's ground is, is repairing a previous "chicken wire" fence with neater plastic mesh.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2024
It’s neater and easier that way because intersectionality is messy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
He was dressed in a suit and tie, with his once signature curly, unkempt hair cut into a neater trim.
From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 2023
Also, I boil my noodles in broth, using bowtie pasta because they are neater than fettuccine.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2023
Lina spent all that day in Mrs. Murdo’s house, which was just like theirs, only neater.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
He was apparently not the neatest of scientists, and the show riffs on other scientists who frown on his untidy habits.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
“My mother kept it for Amelia. She thought it was the neatest thing. It was never about that boy she wouldn’t even name,” Twiggs recounted.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
And, here’s the neatest narrative trick of all: As Christie characteristically did, de Gramont hides the solution to the mystery of “The Christie Affair” in plain sight.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2022
The new study is “one of the neatest papers, ever” for revealing this overlooked anatomical feature, says Brock Fenton, a retired bat biologist and echolocation expert at the University of Western Ontario.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 26, 2022
The neatest thing in the whole room is a locked suitcase.
From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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