staple
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Stephen A. Smith and Kevin Hart are among those who think the decades-long courtside staple deserves an NBA championship ring.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
Fifa has photographed all the teams and their staff at this World Cup, with the photoshoots becoming a staple of coverage of their biggest tournaments in the past decade.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
The B-52, a Boeing-made plane, has been a staple in the Air Force since the Cold War, typically carrying five crew members.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026
The results revealed that a "two-legged" particle, resembling a staple, produced the highest degree of entanglement.
From Science Daily • Jun. 15, 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
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