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Porsche’s halo SUV uses twin electric motors, active suspension and an explosive Push-to-Pass button that activates wild, jaw-clenching acceleration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Later that evening, his cellmate saw him holding his chest and appearing unwell, and at 11:17 p.m. the cellmate pressed the intercom button to alert prison personnel that Matus was suffering from a medical problem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
A few weeks ago, I opened GoPuff, a grocery delivery app, and noticed a button I hadn’t seen before: a black square with a blue-and-white “go” glowing in the center.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Participants therefore had to recognize that the associations had changed, learn the new ones, and respond with the correct button using the appropriate hand and finger.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
I took my paw off the teleport button.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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The car did not have door handles and the electronic buttons meant to open the doors failed to work, according to his lawyers from The Veen Firm.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Once everything is in place, Gardner tests the fire — there are buttons he presses with each thumb to ignite the flame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Secular Israelis were prepared with a counter-protest, blowing whistles to drown out the chants and with some wearing pink lapel buttons showing a middle finger.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
He’s found a workaround for other annoyances: Sticking pieces of tape to the display so he can find critical buttons by touching them, instead of looking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Yes, sir,” Gary said, grinning broadly as he punched more buttons.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Appearing remotely via video-link wearing a partially buttoned pale blue shirt, Brand, the ex-husband of popstar Katy Perry, only spoke to confirm his name and his date of birth.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
A year after graduating, he began designing menswear at Stirling Copper and was responsible for the body-hugging, buttoned trousers Sir Mick Jagger wore during The Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter tour in 1969.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
He gets a lot of credit for bringing personality to a very buttoned up and scripted media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
As he buttoned up a professional baseball uniform for the first time in his life, he understood that he was becoming the guinea pig in an experiment that has the whole industry watching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
He had half a bagel clamped in his teeth as he buttoned up his shirt, some sort of uniform.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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Instead of clocking into a cubicle for a traditional 9-to-5 and buttoning corporate uniforms each morning, some new grads are spinning records from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. or writing Substack newsletters from cafes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
His alleged infractions included not washing his face at a specified time and not buttoning his clothing properly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
We first hear the song as Tony is getting ready to go out, blow-drying his hair, trying on various gold chains and meticulously buttoning his best dress shirt.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2022
She girds herself for the interrogation; taking a few deep breaths — decisive, metallic — and buttoning her jacket as if it might shield her from danger.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
But he went to his room and came out buttoning a clean one.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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