plug
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But hospital administrators have been pulling the plug on those types of arrangements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
To unplug meaningfully requires something meaningful to plug into.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The embarrassing stories kept landing, and the man in charge of the Pentagon now needs the Justice Department’s help to plug a hole he cannot plug alone.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Kernowfornia was the successor to Making Waves, which itself pulled the plug back in 2018 because of debts.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
“Well, it might plug the leak, Grandpa. I don’t know. But I think it’d ruin the radiator. We can risk it, sir, if you willin’ to buy a new radiator.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
The base this plugs into is already large.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 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
There are plugs of grasses and gallon pots of white sage, purple sage, California buckwheat, long-stem buckwheat, deerweed, narrow leaf milkweed and coyote bush.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026
Thankfully, more airlines are adding Bluetooth compatibility to screens, but meanwhile consider investing in the AirFly Pro 2, a tiny $60 dongle that plugs into the seat back screen and lets you use wireless headphones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
He sectioned the orange and divided the plugs between them.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
This gap is plugged - sometimes only partially - by parental support, part-time jobs and debt.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
On Thursday, workers excavated a 3-by 4-foot area to find the source of the water, plugged the leak and resumed preparing the street to open.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Rarely is a fully charged car left unattended and plugged in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Just because we’re plugged into those networks doesn’t mean we don’t care about privacy anymore.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Maddie flipped the keys and plugged in the cords, and he gave her posting orders over her own telephone.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
"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
The people plugging this shortfall are buyers of U.S. debt.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
One key skill for the coming bot invasion: plugging in cables.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
Perhaps plugging numbers into this formula brings it to life, just as the baker brings a recipe to life by mixing ingredients in a bowl and baking them in the oven?
From Slate ● May 25, 2026
No time for sorting through options, no thinking at all; you just stuck your hands in and started plugging up holes.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
