center
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That’s why he currently commands the center ring of the circus.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
A metal bed with a refrigeration system that maintained a continuous layer of frost over its surface was placed at its center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Concierge service is available 24 hours a day, and common areas include a fitness center, an entertainment lounge, children’s playroom, dog spa, and a rooftop terrace outfitted with grilling stations.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
"The young woman at the center of this case deserves to know that every fact will be examined and justice pursued," Hochul said in a statement.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
We skidded to a stop dead center, and as though we’d planned it, we reached out at the same time to grab hands.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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Tesla’s Megapacks, analysts say, are critical to meeting demand for power driven by the U.S. build-out of data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
It also said that Amazon had the most energy-efficient data centers and will publish annual reports detailing its utility usage and efficiency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The biggest special award, of course, was Elon Musk’s $132 billion blockbuster from Tesla in November, tied in part to establishing a Mars colony and extensive orbital data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Google is aiming to find out whether data centers can run in space, the WSJ’s Rebecca Cadenhead writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
It was these tiny details that showed the littlest kingdom’s deep-rooted ties to its Oxscinian colonizers: it looked almost exactly like a copper kispe, except squints had square holes through their centers.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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Linton’s defense has centered on expert testimony from a neurologist and a psychiatrist who say Linton had a seizure before the crash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Treasury yields lower, while those of French, Italian and Greek bonds jumped in a sudden divergence helped by the unwinding of popular hedge-fund trades centered on Europe, according to fixed-income analyst and traders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The OIG's investigation centered around a major building renovation project at the Fed's Washington headquarters whose cost estimates grew from $1.3 billion in February 2020 to $2.4 billion in December 2024.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Can you tell us what issues you centered in that brief, and just lay out what relief it was that the plaintiffs felt was so urgently needed?
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
The Manifest Herald newspaper office was about centered on Main Street and we walked into a holy mess.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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City were accused of a wide range of rule breaches, centering around claims they inflated sponsorship revenue from connected companies and made other "off the books" payments to circumvent financial regulations.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The original’s success paved the way for a surge in shows centering Black life in America, including “Living Single,” “Moesha” and “Martin.”
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
“My job is to always be centering folks in the work.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
In Memphis, Tenn., 31-year old Justin Pearson is finding support by centering data-center opposition in his Democratic campaign for Congress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
“This is centering the chi,” Miss Lizzy say.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
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