stable
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The former salesman needs to find three additional votes to secure a stable majority in the state parliament and form a government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
If it gets hotter outside and more humid outside, which keeps the sweat from drying off our body, our body has to work harder to maintain that stable temperature, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Three people remain hospitalized, two in critical condition and one stable, following Sunday's accident, Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said at a press conference.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Ben Collins: Kevin Stefanski was twice named coach of the year at Cleveland and now has a more stable team at his disposal in Atlanta, led by dual-threat running back Bijan Robinson.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
“I’m whatever is needed. Ranch boss, stable boy, teacher.”
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Included were proposals to create an enclosure for the animals, stables, three shepherd huts, parking for tractors and a pond.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
He bought the West 37th Street stables in 1979.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The horses get five weeks of furlough every year, 24/7 attention at the stables, regular veterinary care and a day off whenever temperatures exceed 90 degrees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
"I just love him so much. It's amazing seeing a horse in London; you don't see them unless you go to the stables."
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
It may be found curled in the straw of stables or else sheltering in the midst of the herd it protects.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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This new object is another with a very elliptical orbit, but it is stabler than 2017 OF201, which suggests that no large planet, including a hypothetical planet nine, is significantly affecting its path.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026
“Whether it is stabler than we thought, or we just haven’t hit the air pocket yet, I don’t know,” he said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
For crypto hedge funds, which tend to trade on swings in price, stabler values also offer diminishing chances to profit.
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2022
Plus, the bond was thousands of times stabler than that of the next-strongest naturally occurring molecular suitor.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 28, 2021
But the thought flits through my mind, There have got to be stabler things than love.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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Russell and Hawn famously have one of the stablest relationships in Hollywood, so you have to wonder how they looked at this script and thought, “Yup, that seems normal – sign us up!”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2018
It hasn't been the stablest year for MakerBot.
From The Verge ● Jul. 24, 2015
The prior studies simply targeted and featured the stablest, most educated gay couples.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2012
In the fickle high-risk arena of television, where admiration swiftly changes to boredom or dislike, Cronkite, "the most trusted man in America," has been the stablest on-screen presence of them all.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Earth's stablest things are shadows, And, in the life to come.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell
At the time of the epidemic, more than 80% of the country’s 8.4 million horses were stabled on farms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Afterward, EO is relocated to a farm, where he’s stabled alongside a white stallion whose privileged status doesn’t protect it from human desires and designs.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
An unnamed filly trained by Jorge Abreu and stabled in Barn 86 was sent to an equine hospital track after coming down with a fever.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
Strict Covid-19 protocols are in place, and Irish-trained runners have been stabled at Haydock Racecourse.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2021
He watered the horses and stabled them and pitched hay into the manger.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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Churchill Downs has suspended him for two years and the New York Racing Association has indefinitely suspended him from stabling and racing at Saratoga, Belmont and Aqueduct.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2021
Oh, Laurel, owned by TSG, will get about $173 million in improvements to include a new clubhouse, stabling areas and a synthetic track.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2019
"The likelihood is that, because of its location, most of the early landlords were connected with horses, carriages and stabling," writes Dailey.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2017
Millfield's resources are truly staggering: an equestrian centre, stabling for 50 horses, a 50-metre Olympic swimming pool, Tartan athletics track, playing fields, a putting green, an indoor tennis centre and a fencing salle.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2012
"Innkeep," a servant's voice called out behind her, "we have horses that want stabling, and my lord of Lannister requires a room and a hot bath."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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