pad
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While her Tribeca pad was undergoing renovation, she resided in a West Village townhouse, which she reportedly paid $38,000 a month to live in from 2016 until 2017.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
That has helped pad the industry’s bottom line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Root looked to have played himself in, only to again find himself pinned on the pad.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The fully assembled vehicle will then be moved to the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
She picked up the pad of entry slips and tapped it absently on the display table.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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
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
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
Mr. Whiskers padded up behind me, rubbing against my legs.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
There was the helmet with a safe amount of padding and the padding-deprived helmet that may have been obtained with a vanilla sundae at Dairy Queen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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
To her, lily padding is the future of work, not just a trend, as people who follow the tactic try to reach more senior roles and higher pay.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
To achieve a similar impact, Johnson appears to be wearing a muscular silicone suit over his 6-foot-5 frame, but the extra padding just makes his head look puny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
We spent most days padding around the house in our kimonos.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
