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[spays] / speɪs /




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"They freed up space for Nygren and Baur. It was a really positive 30 minutes."

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The turnaround comes after six years of volatile demand for cold-storage space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

No major tech boss had commented on the election as of Thursday except Musk, who joked: "Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now."

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

A punishing selloff in the tech space was dragging the stock market sharply lower on Thursday, one day after equities saw a big bounce after the Democrats swept Tuesday’s midterm vote.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

The space is small, dimly lit, and about as romantic as going to the dentist.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Recent schemes involve things like CPR training for members of the public, defibrillators being placed in community venues and green spaces in hospitals.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

He regularly posts clips of himself attempting to "mog" people in public spaces.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The department is in charge of maintaining green spaces, playing fields and senior centers in the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

More than 1,000 Paris city workers will be mobilised over the weekend to clean up public spaces, the mayor's office said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

That ghosts could linger, draining spaces of their life if they weren’t taken care of.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

And, because the shift points are more widely spaced out, the six-speed’s shifting behavior isn’t ever as restless and busy-feeling as the eight-speed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Then she came upon a cluster of plants, spaced apart, and said: “That’s it!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Closely spaced pregnancies, premature births and low birth weight can follow, while young mothers struggle to breastfeed and care for their children.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

This points to the prospect of further, closely spaced hikes as the war in the Middle East drags on.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Occasionally, he would exclaim over a view or regard with admiration some passing marvel of nature, but mostly to him hiking was a tiring, dirty, pointless slog between distantly spaced comfort zones.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Back in Brooklyn, Bernard spent eight years in meetings and negotiations, adjusting building heights and spacing as officials raised concerns about density, and gaining trust with local political leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

They are common in Congolese cities, which largely lack firefighting equipment, and are often caused by a lack of spacing between buildings and illegal connections to the power grid, specialists say.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

"We completely changed the way we grow avocados after learning from South African experts. Today we use raised beds, wider spacing and different planting methods because avocado roots are highly vulnerable to diseases," Bopaiah says.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

One of the strongest patterns involved the spacing between the dinosaur's left and right footprints.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

He repeated the words, spacing them, emphasizing each one.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler


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