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In particular, a 3% annual increase in average hourly earnings was the lowest in more than five years—evidence that though the labor market remains stable, it isn’t overheating and contributing to inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Rospotrebnadzor said Wednesday that the situation in the Irkutsk region remained "stable", and that nearly 5,000 tests had been conducted, none of which revealed dangerous pathogens.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
They judge him stable enough for another operation.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
A wild stretch for the market has upended the way many investors view a commodity long considered a stable store of value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
If Ekon loved the Temple of Lkossa’s library, then he hated its stable.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Over the years, he added horse stables and a lavish guesthouse.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
At the time, the Hollywood mogul and actress unveiled ambitious plans to dramatically overhaul the estate with a 27,000-square-foot, five-story riding facility featuring a domed roof and underground horse stables.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
At 62, he operates and co-owns one of the last remaining stables that house the iconic Central Park carriage horses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Authorities also issued a warning for the equestrian stables at El Rodeo Equestrian Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026
“Don’t know. He wanted a pile of it in there last night, and now he wants all the straw from the stables up in the west tower, every last bit.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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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
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
Plus, the bond was thousands of times stabler than that of the next-strongest naturally occurring molecular suitor.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 28, 2021
In a video message to the summit in Glasgow, the Queen urged world leaders to create a "safer, stabler future" for the planet.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 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
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
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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
Reincarnate, trained by Yakteen, will be the only horse regularly stabled in Southern California to run in the Derby.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2023
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
The 46 horses stabled in the barn are being monitored for fever and other symptoms.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
As long as Goblin was stabled there, no one was suspicious if Johnny hung about the stables, the yard, and the kitchen.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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It was a "perfect place" for them because it had a paddock and stabling for their horses, but they soon realised the bulldozers were heading their way.
From BBC ● May 27, 2025
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
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
"Innkeep," a servant's voice called out behind her, "we have horses that want stabling, and my lord of Lannister requires a room and a hot bath."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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