stable
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Despite the high expense, which gets in the way of saving, Roe wants to maintain a stable environment for her children and plans to stay in her rental for now.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The community interest company's chief executive, Rebecca Smith, said: "We pride ourselves on creating a supportive, inclusive space where people can access what they need today while building a more stable, sustainable future."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
“I’ve never felt more stable and clear on what we’re doing and where we are and where we’re going.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Moody’s last summer lowered Chicago’s outlook to stable from positive while maintaining its rating one notch above junk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
They waited until the Pacific populations were stable before legally asking for permission to resume this ancient tradition.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
“We could sell the stables and have a nice comfortable life,” West Side Livery stables manager Tony Salerno said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The horses get five weeks of furlough every year, 24/7 attention at the stables, regular veterinary care and a day off whenever temperatures exceed 90 degrees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Typical livery costs, which are fees for the boarding and care of horses in stables, can be about £800 a month, according to the charity Horse Trust.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Authorities also issued a warning for the equestrian stables at El Rodeo Equestrian Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026
He told her to report to the stables at 2 a.m.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
This new object is another with a very elliptical orbit, but it is stabler than 2017 OF201, which suggests that no large planet, including a hypothetical planet nine, is significantly affecting its path.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026
For crypto hedge funds, which tend to trade on swings in price, stabler values also offer diminishing chances to profit.
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2022
Plus, the bond was thousands of times stabler than that of the next-strongest naturally occurring molecular suitor.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 28, 2021
Speaking in a video message, she called on them to create a "safer, stabler future" for the planet.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2021
But the thought flits through my mind, There have got to be stabler things than love.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
Russell and Hawn famously have one of the stablest relationships in Hollywood, so you have to wonder how they looked at this script and thought, “Yup, that seems normal – sign us up!”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2018
It hasn't been the stablest year for MakerBot.
From The Verge ● Jul. 24, 2015
The prior studies simply targeted and featured the stablest, most educated gay couples.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2012
One day, he predicted, Brazil would be one of the "stablest nations of Latin America."
From Time Magazine Archive
Earth's stablest things are shadows, And, in the life to come.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell
Not all of the 1,500 horses stabled are eligible to race in the Kentucky Derby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025
Afterward, EO is relocated to a farm, where he’s stabled alongside a white stallion whose privileged status doesn’t protect it from human desires and designs.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
The majority of those stabled were showing stress-induced behaviours and a bay mare called Maia - who was reluctant to move - was found to be suffering from untreated laminitis, an inflammation of the hoof.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2022
An unnamed filly trained by Jorge Abreu and stabled in Barn 86 was sent to an equine hospital track after coming down with a fever.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
He watered the horses and stabled them and pitched hay into the manger.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
She said: "I have 12 horses to look after - four of them are elderly and require stabling most nights."
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023
Churchill Downs has suspended him for two years and the New York Racing Association has indefinitely suspended him from stabling and racing at Saratoga, Belmont and Aqueduct.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2021
Oh, Laurel, owned by TSG, will get about $173 million in improvements to include a new clubhouse, stabling areas and a synthetic track.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2019
Millfield's resources are truly staggering: an equestrian centre, stabling for 50 horses, a 50-metre Olympic swimming pool, Tartan athletics track, playing fields, a putting green, an indoor tennis centre and a fencing salle.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2012
Bast darted outside to see if there were horses that needed stabling.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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