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Over time, a model for publishing online journalism emerged, one very different from the version I had tried to map out on that legal pad in 1995.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026
Labuschagne may get one more chance in this Test, should Australia not progress from their position of 330-4, leading by one run, and dismiss South Africa before needing to pad up again.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Paul László’s “Atomville, U.S.A.,” a vision of suburbia half a century in the future, buried the family home beneath an earthen shell that doubled as a helicopter landing pad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Ellison snapped up the palatial pad back in 2021 for $80 million with the intention of tearing it down.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
When Mom leaves, I pad silently from my bed into the changing room, shaky with nerves.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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Our job was to sort through the massive mailer box of padded envelopes and bubble mailers that came in from record labels, big, small and in-between.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
The real breakthrough here is the padded wrist support in the center console, helping to alleviate touch-screen tendinitis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
The combined spending in the past two quarters on AI-related equipment even padded GDP more than consumer spending, typically the main conduit by which the economy grows.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
Blakesley said they padded out a rubble sack and tethered it to rope so it would float, before using a sample pole to gently nudge the eggs into the bag.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
We padded it with hay and put it in an empty stall in our barn, hidden under some dirty old croker sacks.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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Donning extra padding to protect his ribs, Watson re-entered the game with 4:01 remaining in the third quarter and was targeted on the first play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
The padding provides short-term protection against broken bones, but at terrible long-term cost.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
A widened shot to win the championship should incentivize schools to stop the padding and play tougher opponents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 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
There was some excuse for this, since he had only a slit to peep through—and that was three inches away from his eye owing to the padding of straw—but be looked muddled as well.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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