stuff
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I am extremely curious how she handles the stuff in Therapy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
"I think hallucination is actually a really bad word, but it basically makes stuff up," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“It’s enigmatic enough that it’s almost the stuff of sci-fi or fantasy,” said Dr. Jeffrey Wilson, a University of Virginia School of Medicine allergist and immunologist who has treated nearly 1,000 alpha-gal patients.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Michelle Min began designing her own clothing and accessories, “and eventually the entire inventory became her stuff, and that’s where it all started.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Among Boston doctors, phrenology is considered serious stuff when Phineas walks into the middle of the debate of the Whole Brainers versus the Localizers.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Top holdings include Thai Foods Group, which distributes poultry and other food stuffs in Thailand, and Brazilian energy companies Petroreconcavo and Petrobras.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
Malak heaves and leaks tears, stuffs a tattered tissue into the corners of her eyes.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
Avilés takes a story about death and stuffs it with life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Later, he lies down and the man in the rabbit head, from whom he has taken a carrot, blows up black balloons and stuffs them in Smko’s clothing so they look like bulging tumors.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
She stuffs a stick of gum in her mouth, then shoves the pack back in her pocket without offering any of us a piece.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
Leaving the crunchy, ragged edges on the paper, we stuffed our notice of intent into an envelope.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
You may have seen those people at the airport - a pillow stuffed under an arm as they drag their suitcases to check-in.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The Trailblazers pushed back and stuffed the play, ending the half with a 28-3 advantage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
I stuffed one in my backpack on the way out in Phoenix on Monday and didn’t have to grab an overpriced soda at the hotel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
I stuffed my mattress and pillow with dried grass and used the rest to weave a rough tunic for myself, and mats to cover myself at night.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Next to that, C.K.’s bit where he says he’s so old that his mother is dead is as soft as taxidermy stuffing.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Users were targeted by a so-called "credential stuffing" attack in which hackers used passwords exposed in previous breaches to access 23andMe accounts for which people had used similar credentials.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
The same sort of silliness repeated a few years ago when companies started stuffing references to cryptocurrency into their corporate names.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
But for others, it has turned into an opportunity to flex their money-saving muscles — even to the point of stuffing socks and underwear in those holiday baskets.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026
“Hah!” she went, and stabbed a forkful of oyster stuffing.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
