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Grüner Veltliner’s relatively high acidity, herbal-fruity profile and signature white pepper notes help it pair with everything from barbecue to mole to sashimi to pad thai to fried chicken.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Trump pushed for a new granite helicopter landing pad on the White House South Lawn to be open in time for Xi's visit, which will include a grand state dinner.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
“It’s very me and I really love it,” the author said of the four-bedroom, three-bathroom, 2,929-square-foot pad, which has been listed by Cody Thompson of Resident Group.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
The facility is the first dedicated landing pad at the White House.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
A boy eager for the approval of his father, who keeps a sketch pad in his rucksack and draws plants and landscapes by starlight.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Fraudsters can be in search of higher pay from padded credentials or may have more sophisticated schemes in mind, like gaining access to company data.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Conductor Raphaël Pichon, leading Pygmalion, his period-instrument orchestra and chorus, padded the “Requiem” with some additional Mozart works and Gregorian chants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
She cocked her head, padded cautiously across the patio, and hid beneath a chair.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
They owe their movie-theater aroma to their urine, which gets on their padded paws and tail, according to zoo officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Less than a minute later, Constance, accompanied by Winifred the otter, Ambrose Spike and a few others, padded carefully along the top of the wall, taking great pains not to be seen.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
The padding provides short-term protection against broken bones, but at terrible long-term cost.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Where walls are structural, they must be "covered with suitable protection", such as padding.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
And when one of us finally came padding down the wooden stairs, sleepy and rumpled and operating on a schedule she would never have personally endorsed, there was no reproach.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
“Do I need to hire more people? Is this going to slow down at all?” says Porter, who attributes the surge in part to stock-market gains padding boomers’ retirement savings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Then I heard Grandma India padding across the room and felt the weight of her body shift the plane of the mattress as she sat down.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
