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plug

[pluhg] / plʌg /






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That decision likely led NBC to yank the plug despite its high ratings, Fales-Hill admitted to Vanity Fair.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

The parties had been set to negotiate in late August, but Bonta pulled the plug on those sessions, accusing Paramount of leaking misinformation and “playing games.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

"Fair enough things go wrong and people do make mistakes, but when you are that far into it you have got to pull the plug and stop taking money from people."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

So many people are so stuck in the struggle of day-to-day survival that they can barely plug into politics at all.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

“Gloria sent me. The lights are about to go on. And she wants you to plug them in this year.”

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

The base this plugs into is already large.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

Dunn, 36, then had to shine a torch through the window of a neighbouring property to wake up another resident who was sleeping with an eye mask on and ear plugs in.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

When the antibody plugs into the capillary’s transferrin receptor, a portal through the blood-brain barrier opens up.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

The number of plugs at each site is increasing, and they are becoming more powerful, able to recharge cars more quickly, the study found.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

Then I had to put in the plugs that covered the screws, and that took forever, too.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

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

It argued that going private would provide insulation from volatile quarterly earnings releases, or that Mattel could be plugged into another company’s established distribution flywheel, avoiding the costly effort of building one from scratch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

England's bowlers did little wrong with the ball, as they plugged away for an hour before tea and throughout a difficult lengthy evening session.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

I'm sitting in the driver’s seat with my iPod plugged in and the heat blasting, trying to pick between Tegan and Sara and the Fleet Foxes.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

"Our colleagues are plugging gaps, doing the impossible, working too many hours to back-fill, are experiencing burnout and ill health and have their private lives upended," Mr Kelly said.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

And those attendees plugging the stadium into GPS for directions?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

Once a Hollywood heartthrob, George is now reduced to plugging Indian whisky.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

The people plugging this shortfall are buyers of U.S. debt.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

He said he wanted to show his appreciation for plugging the leak in the boiler & replacing the broken crankshaft.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman




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