shingle
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Agents hung up their shingle in even the smallest of towns, becoming part of the community they sold to.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
We hung out an enormous “for sale” shingle and put just about everything on the market.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Old stone walls near the shoreline were flattened, while the Exmoor bay's shingle ridge was breached and moved inland by around 90 metres, creating a salt marsh which was left to its natural course.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
His memories alight on his father, Wheeler, an attorney who turned down a high-paying job in Chicago to hang out his shingle in Port William.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
I hooked my foot around the ladder rung and leaned deep into the cistern, quenching the shingle in the water.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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