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plug

[pluhg] / plʌg /






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Honda bet big on an EV future and suffered major losses when it pulled the plug this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

For now, plug your wired headphones into your iPhone 6S, press play on the Hamilton soundtrack, and order as many avocado toasts you want.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

Waymo says it posts people at some public charging stations to help its robotaxis plug in and it tries to keep its vehicles from bunching up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Local government officials who promoted car manufacturing are reluctant to pull the plug, said Tu Le, managing director of consultant Sino Auto Insights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

She bit off about an ounce and returned the plug to her apron pocket.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

The money normally spent on the parade will go instead toward pumps, hoses, plugs and generators, Fisher said, “resources our waterways and neighbors desperately need.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

The “StarTalk” and “Cosmos: Possible Worlds” host plugs his latest book, “Take Me to Your Leader,” which explores humanity’s obsession with extraterrestrial life and offers etiquette for imagined close encounters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Members of the Nature Volunteer Network and staff from the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk have planted hundreds of native wildflower plugs in Fairstead Recreation Ground in King's Lynn.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Even so, the U.S. by early October added nearly 2,000 charging stations with more than 12,000 plugs, according to charging-industry data firm Paren.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

He plugs one ear and puts the phone to the other.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

The analysts plugged those prompts into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Muse in three different states: New Jersey, New York and Minnesota.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Standing in front of rows of what look like giant filing cabinets that contain Alps, he told AFP he was excited to have all of NASA's climate data plugged directly into the machine.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

"We've shown that when tissue-resident macrophages don't have EP2 on their surfaces anymore or when that receptor is plugged up by a drug, this decline doesn't happen."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

They plugged Travis’s core values into an app one of the friends built to assess compatibility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Then she plugged her ears with her fingers.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

Officials in Brussels say they are focused on plugging a 70-billion-euro hole in Kyiv's finances next year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

They’ve been plugging away on this policy for years, and they’re finally seeing results.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

His was keep plugging away and it will happen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Bidders will be given extra credit for creating local jobs paying above the minimum wage, plugging local skills gaps by offering training and particularly by offering 45-day work experience placements for young people.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

It infuriated Brave Orchid that her sister held up each dish between thumb and forefinger, squirted detergent on the back and front, and ran water without plugging up the drain.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston


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