slat
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We love the island vibe and have added some cherrywood slat doors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Some stores offer lifetime guarantees, meaning they’ll send someone out to fix a broken blind slat, replace a malfunctioning motor or untangle cords.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2022
When I picked up the birdhouse, a nail slipped out and a roof slat fell off.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2021
“Because what a barrier does, it’s still the same thing. It’s the 30-foot steel slat, that’s a barrier.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2019
“From my mom,” she said, pinning the slat in place with one hand and plucking a screw from the pile on the carpet.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
A robot slurry scraper travels up and down the cowshed at regular intervals, pushing any manure through the slatted floor into the vast storage pit below.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
Through the slatted wall, volunteers provide them with clothes, medical supplies and snacks — even free WiFi and an electrical strip to charge their phones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
People of this community manage their flow by situating themselves over a gap in the slatted floors of their homes, free-bleeding onto the lush forest greenery below.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 29, 2023
For a little extra oomph, take the same slatted headboard concept as seen above but make it rainbow!
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2022
Their luxury was teatime, between four and five, when they took down from the wooden slatted shelves their miniature brown teapots inscribed with their names and sat together in a little dayroom off the ward.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
The second race petered out in a slatting calm.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week the biggest, most serious maritime strike in U. S. history ran through its second week with all three coasts fretted by waterfront squalls and with peace negotiations slatting dismally in the doldrums.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sitting at the table in the darkness, the moonlight slatting into the cabin through the small windows in bars of pale white, he hated himself more than all the rest.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
She and Nat went to the window together and watched the rain slatting down in the weed-grown garden.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
The wind took the Frog backward, but with the sails loose and slatting she moved so slowly that she was effectively still.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
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