plate
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The official Telegram account on X posted a photo Wednesday morning of Durov giving the middle finger over a heaping plate of pickles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
"We're looking to tackle that now with some more proactive policing," he said, pointing to new funding for portable automatic number plate recognition technology and the use of drone operators.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
A license plate circulated on chat networks, and agents later swapped it out.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The technology offers a fast and convenient alternative to manually entering every food and portion, but new research suggests the results may be considerably lower than what is actually on the plate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
I order a plate of biscuits and hash and then stare at them when they arrive, unable to remember the last time I ate in public, in a restaurant with other people.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Lots of hearings happen on Capitol Hill, get one news cycle, and then are forever subducted under the plates of public memory.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
Japan is one of the world's most seismically active countries, sitting on top of four major tectonic plates along the western edge of the Pacific "Ring of Fire".
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Abraham Asael Faviãn Campech visited Excalibur’s buffet before a recent BTS concert and piled three plates high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The African and Arabian plates were moving northward during the final stage of their collision with Asia.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Can I take those plates away for you? Wrap up the leftovers?”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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The team believes this new classification could reshape how scientists understand the evolutionary history and global distribution of plated dinosaurs.
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026
Within a few years the academy switched to a lighter tin-based alloy known as Britannia metal, plated in layers of copper, nickel silver and gold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
What follows is a steady stream of beautifully plated courses, served at a comfortable pace.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026
It is plated with 99.9% pure platinum and is marketed as “invite-only,” though anyone can request access on Robinhood’s website.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
But with its plated chest and winged shoulders, the creature that now emerged from the shell could only be one thing.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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Series creator Christopher Storer conveys this in the briefest, tightest shots of hands lovingly plating food, as well as in panoramic views of the series as a whole.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Each of the first seven hitters in the lineup recorded an RBI, with Hernández and Max Muncy plating runs in the fifth before Mookie Betts and Freeman hit back-to-back RBI singles in the sixth.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2025
The chemical, a white crystal-like solid with a faint almond odour, is used in industry for metal cleaning, plating and extraction, and photography.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2024
The tank holds hexavalent chromium, a reddish-brown solution widely used in plating that has been shown to cause lung cancer in humans if inhaled.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
We go back inside, where Darma is already plating our dinner.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
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