pads
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The trick with thrusters was evocative of what SpaceX has now been doing for years with booster rockets cruising back to earth, touching down in landing pads or being snared by launch towers.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
Dressed in full pads, we were instructed to sit in dim, dead silence, staring straight ahead, while the stereo blared “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Garrett was acquired in a blockbuster trade that married the NFL’s best defensive player with its best team, and his arrival understandably led Donald back into pads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
At the Nuwakot shelter, an AFP reporter saw workers from the United Nations Population Fund distributing "dignity kits" containing sanitary pads, soap, underwear and other basic personal-care items to women.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
He must have caught a thorn in his pads, for he kept biting and sucking at the skin.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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