stamp
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He has moved quickly to put his stamp on the center.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
We are keenly aware of Mr. Lucas’s pride and delight in each acquisition, and he lets us see them, one after another, just as a stamp collector might leaf through his album.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
After an antiroyal uprising, Condé ended up in exile, where he supported himself by writing for stamp magazines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
He said the party would consult on measures including scrapping stamp duty, capital gains tax and tax on rental income for a decade for homes built on brownfield sites.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
But she could no longer stamp her feet as the rest of us did to keep the blood flowing.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Peter Max, the pop artist and hippie icon who helped define the vibrant psychedelic style of the 1960s and whose work graced posters, album covers, T-shirts, dinnerware, postage stamps and beyond, has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
These were not first responders, but they kept the city running by doing things like making sure hungry people got their food stamps.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Consumers also are more cautious about spending more on groceries amid inflation, a reduction in food stamps and rising gas prices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The forgeries have featured realistic-looking stamps generated with OpenAI, the research group found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Then, over the screams and the roars and the thunderous stamps of the battling giants, Hagrid’s yell came loudest of all.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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"When they were taking the car apart... it has 44 stamped on the engine. I couldn't believe it. So it feels very much fate."
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Nozell guaranteed Parton’s fans that if any unreleased music, products, books, experiences and campaigns are launched through the official Dolly Parton channel, each was personally stamped on by the singer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The model is stamped into the silicon during manufacturing, and it will never run anything else for as long as it exists.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
After StubHub moved its operations to Georgia, the destination shifted to an Atlanta post office box—but records reviewed by the Journal showed that some customers’ certified mail came back stamped “Vacant.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
His foot had gone to sleep, and he stamped it so hard that the floor shook.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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"There's no stamp or anything on it, but I suppose they hadn't started stamping gold at that time."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
NBA boss Adam Silver is stamping a slender foot like Bugs Bunny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
And so it feels different every year - with each place stamping its own character and culture on the event.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
It could pose a threat to his old stamping grounds.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
The car was late meeting us—the driver had to avoid an unexpected patrol—Paul and I stood for half an hour shivering and stamping around in the drainage ditch where we hid the bicycle.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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