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The man eventually used a wooden plank to guide the bear out of the truck, allowing both to walk away unharmed.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Early projections suggest that figure could rise by between 30% and 50% this year, forming a key plank in the investment-grade bond market’s issuance forecast of around $2.25 trillion.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

A plank in the mayor’s coming housing plan aims to give a one-time exception for some of the most distressed rent-stabilized landlords.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Following widespread complaints that insurers have delayed, denied and underpaid January 2025 fire claims, tougher regulation of insurers is a common campaign plank.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Marshaling her strength, she bends her front knees; her hooves grip and her legs boost off the plank.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Hewing is the ancient art of cutting logs into beams or planks for timber frames.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

In 2007, Princeton released a “Wedges” game online, which Pacala built a prototype for from planks of wood in his garage.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

We performed classic moves: squats, crunches, high and low planks and bird dogs, among them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

For the Tanglewood strategist, though, most of the planks in the investment rationale remain intact.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026

Every shadow inside the stable seemed to grow longer as the seconds ticked by, moonlight trickling through gaps between the roof’s wooden planks.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

"Bee" is one of the very few remaining Stroma yoles – a small open-decked boat with a planked hull - that once served the now abandoned island off the northern mainland.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025

I planked on the lake shore and did box jumps onto the deck steps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2022

We followed the 10-mile auto tour around Lower Klamath Lake and walked down planked paths to photo blinds, watching from a distance as egrets, pelicans and countless small birds nosed around the lake’s perimeter.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2015

And most importantly, will we still be amusingly able to closely approximate it by tossing a gazillion nails on a wood planked floor?

From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2015

The floor is planked with rough boards, and in places I can see clear through to the ground below.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

This means the site, which includes planking, frames, fixtures and fittings, can be dived on but should remain untouched.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2024

What they brought was a piece of brick that was likely part of the ship’s steam boiler, and planking from its hull.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2022

“It’s a meme,” he explains, like planking or owling.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2022

The skyward soar of its fir and pine planking makes its setting in the woods feel natural in two senses.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2021

Harry looked down at the boards planking the porch, then raised his eyes and gazed off into the dark, wet woods over Joe’s shoulder.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown