stack
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How does that stack up with his words this week?
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
They retire, they’re handed a stack of forms, and the rollover box is the obvious one to check.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Fail to stack them quickly enough and players are greeted with “BORDER BREACHED.”
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
“Ain’t rushing,” he said of his timeline, adding, “Just continue to stack them days and see where we at.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
I cringe seeing that, once again, the stack of bills exceeds the height of the other piles.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
That stacks up for a £4m keeper, you might think.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
As the long-haired tomboy wandered the stacks, the library’s spirits recognized that she was an old soul with a taste for nostalgia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Big SaaS companies are firmly entrenched within customers’ IT stacks, frequently through tangled connections with software from rival providers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
My $1,330.13 was, in other words, the accumulated sticker price of my particular trail through the stacks.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
At one o’clock in the morning, Manning left the apartment with six stacks of paper, tied together with string.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Two 50-foot-long passenger decks were stacked inside the hull.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
At 141 feet deep, it would be large enough to hold three yellow school buses stacked vertically.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
In Saturday's penultimate race, Amy Hunt was disappointed by her eighth-place finish in a stacked women's 100m final, won by American world champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden ahead of Olympic gold medallist Julien Alfred.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The trailer alone promises a scene-chewing buffet served by a cast stacked with British TV favorites, including “Ted Lasso” alumnus Nick Mohammed.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
She handed me the rest of my books and belongings, and I quickly stacked them on the shelf.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Quickly stacking up against Infiniweb’s claim were those filed by law firms representing hundreds of victims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
But investing is about stacking probabilities in your favor.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Early this month, a dejected Betts had as tough a time explaining to reporters why, despite hitting the ball hard and stacking disciplined at-bats, he’d had little to show for it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
More than a century ago, psychologist Wolfgang Köhler showed that chimpanzees could suddenly solve unfamiliar problems by combining objects in new ways, such as stacking boxes to reach a banana hanging overhead.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
The sky was clear, except for way out there, where the clouds were stacking up.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
