stable
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Two of those who were wounded were treated and released at the scene, three were in stable conditions, and two others were in critical condition as of Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Treasury yields were stable to slightly higher in Asian trade, driven by the long end of the curve, as inflation fears due to energy prices continue to prevail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The rapid and powerful reactions inside the chamber make it difficult to transfer energy to the turbine in a stable way.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Mercy Corps now supports some of the new co-working spaces which have popped up across Gaza using generators and solar panels to offer better internet connections and a more stable power supply.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Their new floe was smaller and less stable.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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At 62, he operates and co-owns one of the last remaining stables that house the iconic Central Park carriage horses.
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
She is very much the queen of the stables.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
As part of the deal, TSG must pay for the demolition of the stables, grandstand and adjoining structures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
Athena’s serene face took up most of the aft pegasus stables, which were fortunately unoccupied.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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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
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
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 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
After 55 years of a generally prosperous "continuing revolution," Mexico has become the stablest major state in Latin America and an outspoken independent in international affairs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It must be remembered, too, that the stablest colleges have been proceeding with these changes many more years than the period shown in the table.
From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Palmer, Alice Freeman
The documents included appraisals from properties in various states, and a list of horses and the ranches where they were stabled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 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
The 46 horses stabled in the barn are being monitored for fever and other symptoms.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
While Mr Hancock's exploits on the racecourse are less illustrious - he won a charity race in 2012 - he represents the constituency of Newmarket, where the UK's most expensive bloodstock is stabled.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2020
Horses, mules, and donkeys were stabled in the western walls, elephants in the eastern.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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It was a "perfect place" for them because it had a paddock and stabling for their horses, but they soon realised the bulldozers were heading their way.
From BBC ● May 27, 2025
Soon after, Churchill Downs announced it was suspending Baffert for two years through spring 2023, prohibiting the seven-time Derby winner from stabling or racing at tracks owned by Churchill Downs Inc.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2021
Danzing Candy won't have any accommodation problems, as stabling at Churchill Downs is free, although the hay, carrots and mints are extra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2016
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
‘Beds for four, and stabling for five ponies, if that can be managed. Are you Mr. Butterbur?’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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