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stable

[stay-buhl] / ˈsteɪ bəl /


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When the new survey results are considered, the "Endangered" designation remains broadly appropriate for the declining Antipodes population, but not for the stable Bounty Islands population.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

"Once we actually opened the metaphorical box and looked, we found there wasn't one state at all, but two: stable on the Bounty Islands, declining on the Antipodes Islands."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

The market might be more stable for insurers, but consumers are “getting squeezed,” she said in the interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Fury and disbelief over the banking catastrophe have spread across the usually stable South American country.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

The command center has determined that my landing was stable and that my wheels are not out of place.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

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

Law showed that the only plausible explanation of repeated outbreaks in crowded stables was a “specific virulent element” passed from one horse to another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

“We could sell the stables and have a nice comfortable life,” West Side Livery stables manager Tony Salerno said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

She’d cleaned the unicorn stables at Camp Jupiter.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Again and again we have seen QBs miserable in one location move on to thrive with a stabler team and coaching staff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

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

But a stabler exchange rate, lower inflation and more robust growth have not yet helped those struggling to make ends meet.

From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 2023

They’re bringing with them clearer waters, stabler shores, and animals and other organisms that used to thrive there.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2023

But the thought flits through my mind, There have got to be stabler things than love.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

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

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

The horses are stabled in Hyde Park Barracks, in Knightsbridge - an upmarket area of central London.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2024

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

He showed me how he wanted the horses stabled and groomed.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

It has offered to fund off-season stabling at Pleasanton and to write races that better fit the makeup of Northern California horses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024

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

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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