staple
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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
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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
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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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