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plate

[playt] / pleɪt /




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It was hard to predict how the center fielder would look at the plate when he returned from a fracture in his left hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

At the home plate of each of the three baseball fields were signs that read: “Metro Little League Permits Revoked.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

“That’s the memory, that’s the story, that’s the narrative,” she said, rather than, “Here’s a physical plate I’m never going to use.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

The cameras compile license plate numbers and other identifying information, including make, model, paint color, dents and bumper stickers.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Mama set a plate in the rack to be dried, and then she just stood there.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

After she downsized, she opened her cupboard and showed him four plates, four saucers, four cups and four bowls.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Cloned and ghost plates undermine the police's ability to track organised criminals, says Tony Porter, a former senior counter-terrorism officer who has advised the government on surveillance cameras.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

But, using the goggles to view the supplier's stock, Panorama identified two ghost plates displayed on a wall alongside several legal ones.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The right way to fix the holes in the floor is kind of abstract, while the screws and plates in my utility closet are right there.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Only three places at the table, I thought, as I set out the plates.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Shohei Ohtani plated a run on a force-out, Mookie Betts drove in Kim on a sacrifice fly to tie the score and Freddie Freeman bounced a double off the right-field wall to drive in Ohtani.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

The fossil, which comes from a plated dinosaur that lived about 150 million years ago, is also helping researchers propose a new explanation for how stegosaurs evolved and spread across the world.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026

After more strolls along the tundra, I dine at Grill It restaurant, where winter appears plated rather than resisted.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 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

She once filmed herself plating an elaborate dessert—a petit gâteau in the shape of a Christmas ornament from the Miami bakery Bachour—only to have it slip off her spatula and break.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Max Muncy supplied their lone early RBIs, plating one run on a fourth-inning double and another on a sixth-inning groundout.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025

Instead of plating a large piece of chicken with sweet potatoes and rice on the side, transform those same ingredients into a sweet potato risotto with chicken.

From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2025

Under the heat lamps of the serving counter his team of chefs are busy carving a chunk of crispy pork belly, plating haddock fishcakes and replenishing huge bowls of new potatoes and roasted carrots.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2024

His neck plating was partially fused, melted from the explosion, but the dragon didn’t seem to be in danger of crashing immediately.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan




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