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seat

[seet] / sit /






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It is a task she will now be charged with delivering, from a seat in the cockpit of the new Burnham administration.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

One seat sold for $32,502, which is either a good thing or a bad thing, depending on whether you’re buying the ticket or selling it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Thanks to her technical prowess, VanderMeer took the stroke seat, the rower in the stern who sets the rhythm.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

From the passenger's seat, Yegor's wife, settled into the car's leather seats, chimed in.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

I pull the map from beneath our seat.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

While the plane has royal comforts, such as oversize leather seats that turn into beds, Air Force officials have acknowledged the plane doesn’t have all the features of its predecessors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Nosebleed seats are available for the price of used Hondas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Another told me: "MPs have to be committed to this and keep their eyes on their seats not their egos."

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Someone who has seen the dancefloor evolve is DJ Kaptin Barrett, 49, who has been getting people out of their seats across the UK since 1999.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

The building I was in had the same old ornate feel, with its tall ceiling and arched windows and rows of hard wooden seats.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The blonde sales rep seated next to him answered wryly.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Video from the podcast showed Paxton seated in front of a fireplace and mantle that were nearly identical to those depicted in the home’s online real estate listing.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

Trump responded with warm words of his own for the man seated next to him.

From Barron's Jul. 6, 2026

And the show ends, sensationally, with 1952’s four main cut-outs from his Blue Nudes series, in which variations on a seated female figure are created out of overlapping, interlocking color.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

One of her conjure maps lifted from her desk and floated above the seated group, stretching over their heads like a massive black blanket threaded with starlight.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

"When we went in to search, we found tables and seating blocking the way everywhere and the heat was intense," Suriyachai told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

A source close to London Stadium points out it is well-connected and holds more than double the number of fans that a redeveloped 25,000 seat Crystal Palace would, and the seating design has been improved.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

The share of seating classified as luxury—suites, club seats, loge sections—has risen to 12% to 15% across NFL venues since the pre-1992 era.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Also, the pool area, now painted in a playful shade called Carrot Orange, has more seating and a photo booth nearby.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

I wrote about the Freedom Riders who rode buses through the South in 1961 challenging segregated seating, rest rooms, and drinking fountains.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg




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