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plug

[pluhg] / plʌg /






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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

Wilmer and other charging industry executives say there aren’t enough plugs to properly serve America’s current fleet of EV drivers—let alone the ones who might join the fray later on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

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

"We can't have baths... all the plugs have been removed to resist temptation," said Scantlebury.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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

And here” He held out two small rubber plugs.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

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

In one corner stood his electric guitar, plugged into an amplifier.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Inside the house, every crack and chink had been plugged with rags to keep the wind out.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

As the city moves to ban wells and new state laws require buffer zones and plugging idle wells, “the relationship between residential communities and oil drilling operators has been reset,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

On social media and in state legislatures, they are plugging portable anti-choking devices, designed to suction stuck food or other objects from a person’s airway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 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

“We’ve got to keep this hole from plugging up.”

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck


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