rung
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At the lowest consumer-friendly rung rest affordable fillers and Botox injections.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
But he had also taught me some of Russian prison’s unwritten rules—and how I could avoid ending up in the lowest rung of its caste system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
No one will give speeches at the ceremony, while bereaved family members will read out the names of all of those killed and a bell rung to mark major moments during the attack.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
That new qualification would be Level 1, a rung lower than GCSEs.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
June marched right over to the ladder and planted a foot on the bottom rung.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
For about 40 years, physicists have used conformal field theories to calculate how far apart those energy rungs should be.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
The team classified the excitations by their symmetry, exposing a second set of energy rungs that was hidden in the initial measurement.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
“The bottom rungs young grads depend on are being pulled away,” said Gad Levanon, chief economist at the Burning Glass Institute, a labor-market think tank focused on the future of work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Most of Chwalinska's career has been spent on the lower rungs of the professional ladder, travelling around trying to make ends meets.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
She was at her desk, with her feet wrapped around the rungs of the chair, and a pencil tip in her mouth.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
