staple
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But it's put a spell on a new generation discovering it online, with some now regarding the film as a cult classic and autumn staple.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
She also wrote that “Chicken Shop Date” has been her “very own romcom” and also reflected on the show’s journey which has made her a staple on the awards circuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Byrne says while some ancient Lúghnasadh traditions like making harvest knots have almost disappeared, others like bonfires have remained a staple of our modern autumn celebrations.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
At Hawksmoor, the delicate ribbons of Cantabrian anchovy undercut her previous bias against the fishy staple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
However, that is not surprising, because modern highland staple crops are plant species that do not leave archaeologically visible residues except under exceptional conditions.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
One problem was that her well-organized husband had stapled many invoices and other documents together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
In contrast, a running joke about the Donald obsessing about his hair has a fun, if gleefully nasty payoff in an episode involving Trump getting his head surgically stapled to impede his male pattern baldness.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2024
“Crypto dot com Arena? Staples Center is so stapled to my brain that I can’t call it anything else.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024
The same athletes did not compete at the World University Games in another Chinese city, Chengdu, in July because they were given stapled visas.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2023
Inside were pages of notes with photos stapled alongside.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
Through a technique known as peptide stapling, the research team modified the B-chain of relaxin-3, replacing blocks of amino acids within them with artificial ones that introduce 'chemical bridges' between them.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024
Everybody laughs, including Stewart, who continues stapling until the chair seat's ugliness is snugly disguised.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2024
Eventually, at Mario’s suggestion, they put out an issue on their own, borrowing money from another brother to print it, folding and stapling the copies themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
More than a hundred Seattle educators gathered on Labor Day at Judkins Park, stapling and taping signs to wooden pickets in preparation for a potential strike.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2022
He’d seen me stapling the cuffs of my jeans to keep them from dragging, and one night he showed me how to properly hem a pair of pants.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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