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You could also let the check sit on the table before reaching for it, Clayman suggests.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Because these immune hubs sit directly next to the brain, researchers believe they could eventually provide a way to influence immune activity in neurological diseases without broadly affecting the rest of the body.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
The 58-year-old has 13 children but said he might "sit the whole day without selling anything".
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
ChatGPT has more than one billion weekly active users, and advertisers say they can’t afford to sit on the sidelines as AI changes how people search for information and make buying decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
She comes to sit on the bed beside me.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Murray, who has sat on Hugo Boss’s supervisory board since May 2025, will succeed Stephan Sturm as chairman, the German premium apparel company said Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
This all sat poorly with one of the most influential owners in the NFL, whose stadium is set to host Sheeran later this month.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
Dressed in a dark suit and white shirt with no tie, the former president sat with his chin resting on his hands as proceedings opened.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
As a result, he and Mbappé have met just four times in Champions League play and only once internationally, in a game Haaland sat out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Before long a steady stream of guests was winding up the narrow staircase to Tante Jans’s rooms where he sat almost lost in a thicket of flowers.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
It's hard to see what else the locals need to sate their sporting needs.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Investors regard Bloom’s solid oxide fuel cell as a robust source of power to sate data centers’ endless appetite.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
I always order chicken sate and the green papaya salad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
The startup says its discoveries can help sate the U.S.’s thirst for power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
The hunger of a dragon is slow to wake, but hard to sate.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
This chief might have sitten for the picture of a patriarch; his fine, serious, expressive countenance, large features, and long bushy beard, afforded a favourable specimen of his tribe.
From Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa by Robert Huish
All who had sitten in any illegal high court of justice were disabled from bearing offices.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. by David Hume
"Of the things which we have spoken, this is the pith: that we have such an high priest that is sitten on the right hand of the seat of majesty in heaven," 1.
From The first New Testament printed in English by
Sweet Willie and fair Annie Sat a' day on a hill; And though they had sitten seven year, They ne'er wad had their fill.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
After the Ambassadour with his gentlemen had sitten an houre and more, there came three or foure chauses, and brought them into the great Turkes presence.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe by Richard Hakluyt
Valerie McCarthy, a leader in the Oconee County Republican Party, began filing public-records requests from her home office, sitting next to a copy of the Constitution and a teddy bear wearing a Trump T-shirt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Once a year, the young politicians are allowed to hold debates in the House of Commons chamber, on a day when MPs are not sitting.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Baker claimed Winchell was sitting at a nearby table and refused to come to her aid, causing a flurry of support for her cause.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
Smialowski, who was photographing Trump's return to Washington from a rally in North Carolina, said he was watching carefully as the president appeared to be sitting in a different seat than usual.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
We’re sitting in the Gertrude boat, me in front, Zara behind me, ready for the race to start.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
