stable
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Unlike some other viruses, its genome appears to have remained remarkably stable despite its long history of infecting livestock.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
Generally speaking, low-volatility stocks may be “a little bit more stable when the market gets more jittery,” said Zaccarelli.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
Timber growers have long viewed mass timber as an avenue to a bigger piece of the relatively stable market for commercial construction and public buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
"The status quo is bad economically for us and it's not a stable equilibrium," said Miliband, urging a full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz energy transit hub.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
The stable hand yells, “We ain’t at war.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Spending time with Juni and a cast of new friends at the stables was physically and emotionally therapeutic for Hanawalt, particularly as new issues began to sneak up on her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Over the years, he added horse stables and a lavish guesthouse.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
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
A vacant lot between the stables on West 37th and 38th streets recently sold for $94 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The dilapidated schoolhouse by the stables was generally empty.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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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
Plus, the bond was thousands of times stabler than that of the next-strongest naturally occurring molecular suitor.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 28, 2021
Speaking in a video message, she called on them to create a "safer, stabler future" for the planet.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2021
“But the mechanism allows Earth to maintain a stabler and more benign environment overall.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2018
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
Though the budget will be $30 million in the red this year, the sol is one of the stablest currencies in Latin America.
From Time Magazine Archive
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For a long time at least the stanchest, strongest and stablest part of Canada's people must be rooted to the soil.
From The Canadian Commonwealth by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
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
Not all of the 1,500 horses stabled are eligible to race in the Kentucky Derby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025
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
“People have forgotten what horses are like, what they are capable of,” said Hansen, who drives three horses stabled in Manhattan.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2022
"Never better stabled in my life," said Bree.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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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
The concern was that even though there were plenty of horses, trainers and owners weren’t running them and instead using Santa Anita as a free training and stabling facility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2017
The company was attracted to the projects, not only by the original features of the Victorian buildings, but also by the land available at the back, which was formerly used for kennels or stabling.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2014
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
Bast darted outside to see if there were horses that needed stabling.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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