standing
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"We need a proper contest with the best candidates on the field, and I'll be standing," Streeting said in a speech and question-and-answer session at a think tank event in London.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
In one picture the man is standing and the woman sitting; in the other, the reverse.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Josh Simons, the Labour MP for Makerfield who is standing down to make way for Burnham, is not from the same wing of the party as him.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
On Sunday, a friend took the couple through their vows as they were standing on a cobblestone ledge at the foot of a waterfall on the 121-year-old Ruskin property about an hour out of Nashville.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
“I’ve never been in front of a big crowd reading poetry,” he said, getting up from the bed and standing beside her.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Vocabulary of the Summer Olympics
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Civilizations and Peoples of the Fertile Crescent, Lessons 3–4
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