standing
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Growing up in rural Canada, he turned his treehouse into an imaginary spaceship after seeing a photograph of Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar surface.
From BBC
One clip shows Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, standing poolside next to a replica of the Statue of Liberty, clapping and saluting as the aircraft hovers before flying away.
From BBC
And then there's the issue of Pakistan's global standing.
From BBC
March’s headline reading also beat the 50.3 forecast from economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal, standing above the 50-point mark separating expansion from contraction.
“There’s a door right there around the other side of where you’re standing.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
