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In taking the coastal areas around Bab el-Mandeb village, they reap the benefit of Emirati investment, manifested in kilometers of paved highways that stand in stark contrast to much of Yemen’s road network.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
And what about the period between December 2018 and February 2023, when City stand accused of a failure to co-operate with Premier League investigations?
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
I can’t stand all this plastic trash we elevate above the natural world.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Lead absorbed as much as 25 times more X rays than the burned papyrus around it, causing the writing to stand out dramatically.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
There was a small potato cellar beneath the kitchen floor: they enlarged the trapdoor letting into it, put a large rug on top of it, and moved the kitchen table to stand on this spot.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
For many citizens, delays, bureaucratic hurdles and indifferent treatment have become so familiar that efficient governance now stands out as an exception, he adds.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
In others she stands outside a mosque while kids play with the bug’s feet and sits in an abandoned movie theater, her tail wrapped around the seats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
One of Anthropic’s earliest investors, Tallinn stands to make billions in the coming months from the artificial-intelligence company’s expected initial public offering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
But Ryan, a Wolves fan in Banbury, said "a solution that suits everybody" is to provide designated areas for drinking in stands.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
She stands up; despite her age, there is no frailty in her movement.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
After reaching his hundred in 95 balls in the third one-day international at The Oval, he stood with arms wide and looked to the sky - all of that disappointment seemingly behind him.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
“In the room that evening, there was this concern, this shock,” said Jennifer Unibe, who stood in the back with her husband, making room for other residents as they streamed in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Jeanne de Montagnac, 29, stood by her husband and two-year-old daughter, perched on his shoulders with a telephone number scribbled in biro pen on her arm.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
One feature quickly stood out: many of the products people use to clean and disinfect indoor spaces contain strong fragrances.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
A whippoorwill called from the distance, bugs dive-bombed my ears, and I stood in the middle of Grandpa Jimmy’s alfalfa field, stalks up to my elbows.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
He had already announced his intention to resign in June and is currently standing to be his party's candidate for prime minister in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Humanoids sprinted faster than Usain Bolt and jumped 11 feet in the air from a standing position.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
"We were standing in front of a shop selling necklaces costing 15,000 euros. It's quite a stark contrast," he added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
I’ve been seeing a steady drip of people sharing photos and videos of themselves on social media in butter-yellow bathrobes standing on a cylindrical 360-degree body scanner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
“The only baby I see is standing right in front of me.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
