stationary
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When you’re putting together these projects, I feel like you have to literally be stationary for weeks at a time when you wake up and that’s all you think about.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Long lines of stationary cars and buses clogged major roads on Friday as commuters sought alternate routes, with some forced to continue their journeys on foot.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Under rule 123 of the Highway Code, drivers must not leave a parked vehicle unattended with the engine running or leave a vehicle engine running unnecessarily while that vehicle is stationary on a public road.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Gardening, riding a stationary bicycle, and enjoying other favorite activities all involve far less pain.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Hound had turned, clenching him in its metal-plier jaws, and trotted off in darkness, while the camera remained stationary, watching the creature dwindle in the distance—a splendid fade-out!
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
When a man calls all he sees STRANgers, it's a sign he don't let the grass grow in the road for want of movin'; and a movin' man for me, any day, before your stationaries.
From Oak Openings by James Fenimore Cooper
Burn it in grates—cook with it—smelt metals with it—burn lime with it—drive engines, not locomotives, but stationaries, with it.
From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever
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