stood

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The Plymouth Colony, Mr. Reynolds writes, stood out to later Americans as “a beacon of democratic experimentation and egalitarianism.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Martha Arévalo, executive director of the Central American Resource Center, stood alongside Soto-Martínez as he rallied for support.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Energy Information Administration calculates that China’s strategic reserves stood at about 1.4 billion barrels of oil late last year.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

As of Tuesday afternoon, the death toll from provincial sources contacted by AFP stood at 41.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

And yet it happened, this day, and the next, and the next, until an awed little group of spectators stood around watching the drops fall onto the daily rations of bread.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom