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The property also boasts 740 square feet of decking—and a large swimming pool that overlooks the ocean.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
"I think there's a really nice atmosphere around it," said master luthier Zhang, describing how music now often filled the main square.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
The process is somewhat like partners changing places during a square dance.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
In each community where drones already operate, the drones have a total delivery radius of about 175 square miles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
We had known, of course, that when overcrowding reached a certain point, the sickest were taken to the brick building at the foot of the great square smokestack.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Cut the pastry into roughly nine 3-inch squares and tuck each one into a prepared muffin tin, leaving the corners to rise jauntily above the cups.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
In the euphoria of the 2006 win, millions took over the central squares of cities, towns and villages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
How that promise squares with the layoffs is unclear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Journalists reported seeing police and military personnel in main squares on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
In front, a stylist with tight gold pants is working on a man whose head is covered with squares of foil.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
His jaw was squarer and facial hair thicker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
It's Amy Jones's turn for consecutive fours, whacking Rameen Shamim through mid-wicket before going squarer as she plays a lovely sweep shot that sees the ball race across the outfield and to the ropes.
From BBC ● May 10, 2024
I’d wager somewhere in that territory, but hopefully it won’t be much longer before we find out the full story — and learn the differences between the Sub Mini and its larger, squarer sibling.
From The Verge ● Jun. 2, 2022
He blasted the court’s secret deliberations, complaining: “A horse thief in frontier days would have received a squarer deal.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
My jaw looked squarer, broader, my neck thicker, with a bulge of Adam’s apple in the center.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
America’s most middlebrow casual restaurant, with America’s squarest CEO, selling fried cheese and margaritas and fajita plates that you can eat off for days.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2025
Who jorts have been claimed by — punk rockers, pop stars and rappers, the squarest middle-aged men on weekends — is simply the narrative sewn on top of the real narrative.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
“He thought I was the squarest person and replied, ‘What planet are you from?’”
From Fox News ● Jun. 6, 2019
In short, the complaint that an art form is unrealistic is the poorest and squarest of arguments.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of them, a very short older man with the squarest, broadest face of orange-brown I’d ever seen, said something to them and they all began leaving.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Last December, throngs of supporters and foes squared off at a raucous Metro board meeting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Texas to question whether modern forfeiture practice can be squared with its narrow historical roots.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
The ant experiences acceleration exceeding 1300 meters per second squared before becoming tangled in the web.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
WSJLI: I can remember early influencing days, where people were seemingly taking every brand deal that knocked on the door, regardless of whether it squared with their so-called personal brand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Every hedge is squared as if by a plane, every path is neatly paved without a crack in sight.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
Mr. Rogers, the Republican candidate for Senate, is squaring off against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, a 41-year-old Rhodes scholar and doctor who never practiced medicine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The process has never been tested, and right now former state Rep. Charles Booker, a Democrat, and GOP Rep. Andy Barr are squaring off for the seat McConnell is abandoning.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
It was hard squaring the hulking mass of midshipmen who would nearly trample me at Herndon with these two polite teenagers prone to nervous laughter.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
There has been only one previous case of siblings squaring off against each other at the World Cup,, external and it happened in back-to-back tournaments.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Instinctively, Jerry came to attention, squaring his shoulders, sucking in his stomach, and im-mediately disgusted with himself.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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