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stable

[stey-buhl] / ˈsteɪ bəl /


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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

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

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

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

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

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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