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Into this racket walked an influencer type armed with a selfie stick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Obviously I get a lot of stick for not racing so much," Kerr said.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Until Ted benches her, however, she is a device, a measuring stick against which Ted and Rebecca stack their values.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
I had scribbled a few questions in advance but felt no compulsion to stick to any script, preferring that our own character dynamics might determine the plot of our interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
At the front of the pack, the bearish boy stretched his stick toward the red.shoed girl.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
At the other end of the ice, Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy made four saves and sticked away the puck from a danger area with the Canadiens buzzing.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
Coyotes winger Jordan Szwarz high sticked Schmidt to give Washington its next go-round on the power play.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2013
Her kerchief on a pole sticked she, Askance, that he should it well y-see, And should remember that she was behind, And turn again, and on the strand her find.
From Chaucer by Sir Adolphus William Ward
Dey sticked some plasters on deir heels, An' drawed 'em up to Glory!
From Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study by Thomas Washington Talley
‘There’s a middlin’ big log sticked in the dirt at Rabbit Shaw, and’—he flicked his whip back along the line—’so they’ve sent for us all.’
From Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling
However, predicting interest rates and bond prices is a challenge, while sticking with U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Leeds have done something to keep him fit and he's changed the mentality for sticking in there.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
He predicted AI safety coalescing with concerns around the data-center build-out, which is becoming a key sticking point for voters.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Another sticking point is what counts as revenue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Instead, I saw a jagged point sticking up like a spear.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
The jury - which began deliberations on Friday - had sent the judge a series of notes that said they were "stuck" and divided on the verdict.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Phillips, the Los Angeles-area retiree, has always stuck with simple annuities—five-year fixed-rate policies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
He was stuck in double A, where he batted .227 and struck out 110 times in fewer than 400 at-bats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
That’s where I’m stuck, and where I’m hoping you can help: Is there any meaningful recourse against an administrator that provides essentially no notice before a network termination like this?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026
For a moment I thought it had stuck.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
