plug
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The parties had been set to negotiate in late August, but Bonta pulled the plug on those sessions, accusing Paramount of leaking misinformation and “playing games.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
So many people are so stuck in the struggle of day-to-day survival that they can barely plug into politics at all.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Another allows California to require that container ships and oil tankers docked at California ports plug into the state’s electrical grid or install technology to capture their emissions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Rao remains optimistic that the task force led by Nilekani will help plug gaps in the existing system.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
After the cleaning, I plug the TV in and set up the antenna.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
Professor Nohria plugs the talent agency game into a basic diagram.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The Briton wore ear plugs during each change of ends, just as he did at Wimbledon to maintain his focus and block out any distracting noise.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The base this plugs into is already large.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
When the antibody plugs into the capillary’s transferrin receptor, a portal through the blood-brain barrier opens up.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Then I had to put in the plugs that covered the screws, and that took forever, too.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
Standing in front of rows of what look like giant filing cabinets that contain Alps, he told AFP he was excited to have all of NASA's climate data plugged directly into the machine.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
"We've shown that when tissue-resident macrophages don't have EP2 on their surfaces anymore or when that receptor is plugged up by a drug, this decline doesn't happen."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Rarely is a fully charged car left unattended and plugged in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
They are simply plugged into the nearest socket and work by drawing in warm air, cooling it, and venting heat outside through a window via a pipe or ducting.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
“But we don’t know who plugged it in.”
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
She told The Sunday Times they were "plugging away".
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The people plugging this shortfall are buyers of U.S. debt.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Chinese and Russian stealth fighters, plugging a hole in Europe’s armories and possibly surpassing the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
One key skill for the coming bot invasion: plugging in cables.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
Every evening Werner works in Dr. Hauptmann’s lab, alternately plugging numbers into triangulation formulas or engineering: Hauptmann wants him to improve the efficiency and power of a directional radio transceiver he is designing.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
