stance
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Throughout the attack, Muehl kept his arms up in a performative boxing stance and at one point referred to himself as Max Holloway, an Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter, the department said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Tehran is doing just that, shifting its stance and shrinking the list of acceptable terms, befuddling American mediators in Geneva, Islamabad and Muscat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Many of the TV show's adult cast members have fielded questions, external in recent years about whether they support her stance, and taken varying positions.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
And though Bernstein’s Rezaei wrote positively about the recent results, she didn’t budge from her underperform stance in her note that was titled: “Credit where credit is due… until the credit is actually due.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
She stepped out and turned around to demonstrate the attacker’s stance and showed where she herself had stood.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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But there’s another reason successors like Graham often adopt their male predecessors’ stances: political expedience.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Turk's stances have earned him sharp criticism from several governments, notably Russia and Israel.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
A robust but civilised public debate can respect both of those stances.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
An uptick in inflationary pressures have shifted the stances of many central banks.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026
And that, at least, gave me some hope: that even under ordinary circum- stances, I still might find a way to live an extraordinary life.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 4
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