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stable

[stay-buhl] / ˈsteɪ bəl /


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The company has lost as much market value in a year as Walt Disney’s entire market capitalization all while earnings expectations for this year have been stable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

“He is clinically stable and has no significant functional limitations,” the Eagles and Lynn said in their statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

The male officer remains in hospital and is in a stable condition, the force added.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

It may remain stable, or it could progress, so for now, it’s a wait-and-see situation.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Come on, those warriors just said they were going to the east wing first. We can still get to the stable before they do and get out of here. Follow me!”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Over the years, he added horse stables and a lavish guesthouse.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

At the time, the Hollywood mogul and actress unveiled ambitious plans to dramatically overhaul the estate with a 27,000-square-foot, five-story riding facility featuring a domed roof and underground horse stables.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

If anything, they’re underworked, said Cornelius “Neil” Byrne, who has worked in the industry for 60 years and owns the stables on West 37th Street.

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

And the tradesmen went round the back way by the old stables and the garage.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

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

But a stabler exchange rate, lower inflation and more robust growth have not yet helped those struggling to make ends meet.

From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 2023

“Whether it is stabler than we thought, or we just haven’t hit the air pocket yet, I don’t know,” he said.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

Plus, the bond was thousands of times stabler than that of the next-strongest naturally occurring molecular suitor.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 28, 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

After 55 years of a generally prosperous "continuing revolution," Mexico has become the stablest major state in Latin America and an outspoken independent in international affairs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Blessed is drudgery, the homely mother of Patience, "that young and rose-lipped cherubim," of quiet endurance, of persistency in well-doing, of all the stablest elements of character.

From The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis by Ellice Hopkins

At the time of the epidemic, more than 80% of the country’s 8.4 million horses were stabled on farms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

The documents included appraisals from properties in various states, and a list of horses and the ranches where they were stabled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026

Zazou is reportedly one of two of Mr Kadyrov's horses that are still stabled in the Czech Republic.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2023

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

As long as Goblin was stabled there, no one was suspicious if Johnny hung about the stables, the yard, and the kitchen.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

It has offered to fund off-season stabling at Pleasanton and to write races that better fit the makeup of Northern California horses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024

Soon after, Churchill Downs announced it was suspending Baffert for two years through spring 2023, prohibiting the seven-time Derby winner from stabling or racing at tracks owned by Churchill Downs Inc.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2021

The company was attracted to the projects, not only by the original features of the Victorian buildings, but also by the land available at the back, which was formerly used for kennels or stabling.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2014

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

"Innkeep," a servant's voice called out behind her, "we have horses that want stabling, and my lord of Lannister requires a room and a hot bath."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin


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