plug
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I’d mostly stopped at Tesla fast chargers: GM has deals with Tesla and other network operators, and the Bolt has a Tesla-style plug.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
I hesitate to plug them because it’s already virtually impossible to get reservations there, but Pizzeria Sei has absolutely the best pizza you can get west of New York City.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
But attention is likely to focus more on how private capital, not public finances, might help plug the shortfall.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
You’re correct that retirement can last 30 years or longer, so it’s important to be sure of what you’re doing before pulling the plug.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
He called me one evening explicitly to make a plug.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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The rough amount of new electric-vehicle charging plugs installed this year so far, on pace with last year, according to charging-industry data firm Paren.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
And it does this while sending two signals at once - combining your household Wi-Fi with a dongle which plugs into your PC.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Others are placed onto table frames fixed to the ocean floor, and yet others are mounted onto plugs, screwed into a three-hole "cookie" and planted onto the reef.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The Briton wore ear plugs during each change of ends, just as he did at Wimbledon to maintain his focus and block out any distracting noise.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Zethes and Cal spat the ice plugs out of their mouths.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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After falling out of favor, shares of power stocks got plugged in on Tuesday on a big deal between Constellation Energy and Google.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
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
"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
Logical and combative, Zhu plugged China into global systems of trade, banking and communications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Her very presence was like a power source, to be plugged into for love, or security, or a good fried-chicken dinner.
From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper
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They’ve been plugging away on this policy for years, and they’re finally seeing results.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
An example given of the disguised funding scheme in action: plugging an unexpected shortfall in May 2013.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Faster charging can address one of the main challenges of EVs compared with gasoline-powered cars: that plugging in still takes longer than refueling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
His was keep plugging away and it will happen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Werner sketches out the equation on the metal casing of the transceiver and starts plugging in numbers.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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