shingle
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"With solar shingles, we don't really have the benefit of that mapping; there's no room underneath the shingle for the electronics."
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
He asked them where they procured the redwood to renovate their shingle roof and the trio spent the rest of the morning excitedly discussing restoration techniques and comparing notes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
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
Sandgate Granville Parade Beach, Kent – a shingle beach used by swimmers and kayakers.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
She didn’t realize you were supposed to wash out the mayonnaise, and in the picture that year I was peering out from under one stiff shingle of hair.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
Nigerian models donned outfits of seemingly impossible amounts of fabric folded and moulded into massive silhouettes, or overlapping in shingled, feather-like patterns.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
At the bar, I built a fantastic $59 meal from the happy-hour menu: hamachi crudo shingled with plums, chicken curry, and truffled brie grilled cheese with mango jam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
When you imagine a typical American family home, you probably picture something like John Williamson and Sue Spaziani’s house, with its shingled roof and wraparound porch.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2024
The buildings and shingled cottages are bright pastel, the waterfront dotted with cafes and patio umbrellas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
In the end they decide on a shingled two-story colonial in a recently built development, a house previously occupied by no one, erected on a quarter acre of land.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
One advancement that could especially help solar roofs is matrix shingling technology.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
For presentation, gingerly prop the tofu against the pork, shingling it out slightly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
Back east on Cape Cod, where once upon a time my shingling trade migrated, the occasional red cedar roof comes along in the wealthiest of ocean-view neighborhoods.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
Top each with two thin slices of ham and the cucumbers, shingling the cucumbers neatly on top of each sandwich.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022
He heard horses’ hoofs plodding on the road and far-off pounding on wood where a neighbor was shingling a barn.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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