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Drivers can also dock, or park, their boats with the press of a button.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

I still remember sitting in front of the VCR to press the rewind button to rewatch my favorite part — when Wadsworth explains the crimes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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

Coal pressed the button and the bus stopped.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

Scan a QR code, tap a few buttons and the money moves instantly.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

They figure out how to disable alarms and alerts, or stick tape on digital dashboards to mimic old-school buttons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

She nods, her fingers deftly producing a shirt with little brass buttons shaped like anchors.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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

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

I think I hold the most back when I’m interviewing people on the red carpet, because I know I have to be buttoned up, and it’s about them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025

Lane Coutell, in a Burberry raincoat that apparently had a wool liner buttoned into it, was one of the six or seven boys out on the open platform.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

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

“I’m very happy,” he said, “with the way audiences have embraced the show, and with the journey that Taylor has created in the present time and in buttoning it up the way he always would.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024

Navalny spent months in a punishment cell for not buttoning his uniform properly or not putting his hands behind his back when required.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

Ms Thompson said that despite 2024 looking like it will be a challenging year, households are very good at adapting to a new lending landscape and "buttoning down the hatches."

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2023

The others are making their way to the door, but she hangs back, buttoning her peacoat.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli