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stale

[steyl] / steɪl /




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A former soldier in Ukraine said geospatial intelligence was sometimes so stale by the time it reached the units at the front line, soldiers couldn’t act on it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Every profession — finance and media and politics and insurance and real estate — has good eggs, bad eggs and stale eggs.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

Things are looking a little stale this year.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

If the bread is a little stale, even better.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

She had already devoured the slightly stale loaf Molly had left in the kitchenette on the top floor of the cinema, their apartments, with a fistful of salt.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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