place
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Wednesday’s topping-out ceremony, when a construction crew lifted the final structural beam into place, doesn’t change that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Tram services had been running between Edinburgh Airport and Shandwick Place while the closure was in place.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
By extension, these kinds of directives are a way of messaging that a woman’s place is in the home, according to Leslie Kern, author of “The Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World.”
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Supreme Court declined to hear the case, leaving the tariffs in place.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
The road opened to a clearing and a place, like the road, she had not been aware existed.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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"Some places were basically saying, 'We can't give you the job, you've not got good confidence, your eye contact's not good', stuff like that," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Hearns, 25, and her friend have been looking for places to rent in Los Angeles, where they both work, but have struggled to find a home in their price range.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Many wild places historically depended on fires to maintain their ecosystems, and as people have continued to build farther into those places, they have, with great success, suppressed those blazes, Frievalt said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
But the small towns had their texture, too, places with populations smaller than the number of pilgrims who might sit around a table at dinner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Who wouldn’t be appalled to find her brother and his girlfriend necking in her brand-new house, in the prize bathroom of all places?
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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These proportions were higher than for other professions including nuclear technologists, who are routinely exposed to radiation from non-cosmic sources yet placed 12th on the list, the authors said.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Carney, meanwhile, came to power last year by casting himself as the person best placed to steer Canada through the tumult of U.S. trade uncertainty and to stand up to Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Mice placed on a diet with 40% fewer calories, for instance, become more vulnerable to infections, reproduce less successfully, and show impaired growth.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
The administration complied but placed a tarp over the sign, which has remained ever since.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Whenever she could, Mien smuggled newspapers from the staff room at the hospital, which we placed inside our clothes.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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He said those investors are placing historically high bets, based on recent history, that bond yields will keep rising.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The total number of placing shares represent about 3.70% of the amount in issue when the agreement was reached.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Yet simply placing someone into an immunosuppressed or healthy category did not reliably predict the outcome.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
The former White House teleprompter operator allegedly made tens of thousands placing bets on what words Donald Trump might use in his speeches.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
The older men were placing freshly cut oak tree branches with dark green leaves on the roof and the side walls.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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