staple
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The gymslip - staple no-frills sportswear for girls across much of the 20th century - was even invented at the college by Osterberg's superintendent Mary Tait.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
My latest target is instant ramen, which remains a beloved pantry staple.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
But after losing to Oxford in April, VanderMeer was eager to try a competition that’s been a staple of student life since the 1820s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Tucked away in a Sun Valley strip mall, El Compadre market and restaurant was a neighborhood staple, selling handmade tamales, carne asada tacos, fresh pan dulce and an array of products imported from Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Racing, a sport whose sustained dramatic action was ideally suited to narration, became a staple of the airwave.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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
Her business card was stapled to the Rolodex card.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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
Hanging with Char and them in the bathroom is more fun than stapling papers in the school office.
From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake
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