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staple

[stey-puhl] / ˈsteɪ pəl /


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This story became central to his campaign, a staple of speeches, and in the end, a crucial linchpin for his financial support.

From Slate Jul. 14, 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

Fish and chips is a staple takeaway for families across the south, but how have rising fish and energy prices affected how much this classic meal costs?

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

And just like she promises in my summer staple, Bonnie Tyler’s huge choruses and blockbuster anthems will be ravishing us until the end of this endless night.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

“Now, we staple on the coated wire and we’re done,” Mr. Larkin says, sitting back on his heels.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

One problem was that her well-organized husband had stapled many invoices and other documents together.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

A woman who works in the records office hands us three pages stapled together.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2025

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

They started appearing immediately, everywhere in New York; stapled, taped, thumbtacked all over the city, photographs and photocopies, flyers, letters, sticky notes, and desperate pleas.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Iona is perched on a table by a windowsill, stapling albums to the ceiling as decor to liven up the record store she runs — not that the place needs much livening-up, considering Iona’s look.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2026

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

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

“I just remember playing there and just, like, stapling random things and sewing random fabrics,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2021

I nervously glanced at Mrs. Maxy and luckily she was busy stapling all the presidents’ heads on a bulletin board.

From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos




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