tack
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The property is also fully equipped as an equestrian facility, boasting a 3,800-square-foot horse barn, with eight stalls, a tack room, and a hay loft.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Back in 2010, the Netherlands had tried a similar tack against Spain in a World Cup final.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Three of the four said they disliked cold lay repairs and that a properly laid hot fill option, done to the proper depth and with a tack coat emulsion, should last years.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
His tack here reflects his supporters’ priorities, though.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
I took Rowdy to the tack room and made a nice bed of straw for him.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
After warm handshakes and a warning about Taiwan from Xi Jinping on Thursday, the Chinese president and Trump were due to get down to brass tacks on Friday with discussions on trade, geopolitics and AI.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
“Investors are getting down to brass tacks and saying ‘what do we want to own over the next few months,’” MAI’s Grisanti said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
“The major work will happen in the months ahead, when we’ll get down to brass tacks and craft a responsible and balanced budget which will help make California more livable and affordable.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2025
But when it came to brass tacks, to financial compensation, they were not.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024
“When it comes down to brass tacks, you don’t give a damn about them. Or _ _ r> me. “
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Another tacked an “s” on Surfside to create surfsidesbeach.org.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
In the sixth, Teoscar Hernández tacked on two more runs with an opposite-field home run after an errant sinker from Kochanowicz.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2026
To win loan deals in recent years, Ares allowed many borrowers to defer paying cash interest with payments-in-kind, or PIK, that get tacked on to the outstanding loan.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
So the only reasonable charge was violating the city ordinance against disturbing “the peace of others by violent, offensive or boisterous conduct or language,” but that was tacked on later, in February.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Sheets have been tacked up to keep out the light and the heat, but they’re not doing a very good job.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
One trend helping travelers stretch their budgets is “trip stacking,” or tacking a vacation onto something you were already doing out of town.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
Michael Cochran is calculating and tacking on additional per-box fuel costs to the Florida lemons he sells to local retailers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Avelo’s base fare averaged $115 last year, so tacking on an extra $30 to cover fuel is noticeable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
It meant Southgate was comfortable tacking thorny issues that arose during his tenure, such as racism.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
It took all day, tacking against the wind, resetting the sails, rowing, tacking again, and rowing some more.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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