plate
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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
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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
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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
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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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