stand
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But it can also be used as a platform to give actual information about who candidates are and what they stand for.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Below around $360 a share on the common and preferred holds stand to get back less than $50 a share in three years.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
"We're always following players and we have conversations about that. Of course, players know where they stand and why we would select them or not," she said.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
He’d stand in the aisles overwhelmed by the Technicolor labels, the piles of Edenic produce, and the thought that his family — wherever they may be — might not be able to afford food.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Besides, she said her health wouldn’t stand up to matrimony, that in fact she was not long for this world.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
