standing
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Could standing by one another be the most radical act of all?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
This makes sense to me when I look at this cover, the group standing between four walls that don’t quite meet, the sky above and around them, inside and outside at the same time.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
In Boston’s heavily Italian North End neighborhood Thursday morning, a group of regulars having coffee at Dolce cafe—all devout Catholics, including some who attend Mass daily—voiced support for Leo, but were also standing by Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Family troubles aren’t standing in the way of her success.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
There were already many visitors, most of them standing for lack of chairs.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing standing
Vocabulary of the Summer Olympics
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Civilizations and Peoples of the Fertile Crescent, Lessons 3–4
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