positioning

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Richarlison was key to the plan, positioning himself partly to block the pass into Villa's right centre midfielder Lamare Bogarde, while angling his body to discourage Emiliano Martinez from playing down Villa's right.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

McKenna’s screenplay confidently moves the pieces back into place, positioning all the characters in proximity before expanding them naturally so their lives can intersect once more.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

“This all comes back to the Board’s inability to understand the core drivers of the brand’s premium positioning and success.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

The risk reversal—that is, selling a put and buying a call with a higher strike price but the same expiration—pays investors for agreeing to buy stocks lower, while positioning them to profit from an advance.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

I was on the larboard dogwatch this day, and so could observe the positioning of those ships, it appearing that we are preparing for some great action against the town of Norfolk.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson