doorstep
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That framing makes the doorstep surveillance more disturbing.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Believed to be the last surviving member of these Polish codebreakers, Ferdynand Stanislaw Vanke grew up in Krakow, but fled at the age of 16 when war arrived on his doorstep in 1939.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Yet the Russell 2000 has now slid 9% below its record close set less than two months ago, ending at 2,793.20 on Wednesday and putting the small-cap index on the doorstep of correction territory.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
ZVERNEC, Albania—On the doorstep of a Jared Kushner-linked development site on the Adriatic Sea, a group of determined villagers set out in late May to protest barbed-wire fencing preventing their access to a coastal peninsula.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Two strangers stood on the doorstep, one a small woman with a light brown complexion and curly hair and the other a striking dark-skinned man in his early twenties.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
They are in our homes, on our doorsteps and along our streets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
It is an issue that is still being talked about on the doorsteps.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Across the world, policymakers living the real-world impact of a war on their doorsteps took a much more sober view of developments.
From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026
Esther covers the ways goods are moved around the world and onto people's doorsteps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
Men and boys who were already in the fields irrigating looked up, laughing, and the women of Milagro watched O. J. come and go from their front doorsteps or parlor windows.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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