stable
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Saxony-Anhalt is Germany's poorest region and there, as in much of east Germany, you often encounter what's known as "Ostalgie" amongst voters; essentially "nostalgia in the east" for comparatively more stable times under communism.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
With many young graduates unable to find stable careers, he said the government’s message was: “Do not create a large-scale redundancy like this because it creates further anxiety.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
For fusion to continue successfully, the plasma must remain hot, dense, and stable.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Both men were reported to be in stable condition in a Kathmandu hospital.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
He became an expert with Jackson’s horses, driving carriages and wagons, and was much admired for his handling of Jackson’s prized stable.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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If anything, they’re underworked, said Cornelius “Neil” Byrne, who has worked in the industry for 60 years and owns the stables on West 37th Street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
He bought the West 37th Street stables in 1979.
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
Authorities also issued a warning for the equestrian stables at El Rodeo Equestrian Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026
They drove new cars, vacationed at summer houses more commodious than C.P.’s tiny frame house, and kept fine stables of horses instead of a chain-link kennel with a couple of dogs inside.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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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
“Whether it is stabler than we thought, or we just haven’t hit the air pocket yet, I don’t know,” he said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
Plus, the bond was thousands of times stabler than that of the next-strongest naturally occurring molecular suitor.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 28, 2021
The Queen has urged world leaders at the COP26 climate summit to "achieve true statesmanship" and 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
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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But it so happened that Fate, whose delight it is to imperil even the stablest reputations, sent his way a South-country Brother with a gift in prayer truly appalling.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes
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
The ordinance defines these operations as any facility that includes animals stabled or confined for 45 days or more in a 12-month period.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 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
Somehow, Finn got home, stabled and watered the mare, patted the goat, stumbled into the house.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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She said: "I have 12 horses to look after - four of them are elderly and require stabling most nights."
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023
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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