tight
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Santa Margarita coach Carson Palmer used to take advantage of throwing to the tight end when playing at USC and in the NFL, and there’s no doubt Gazzaniga feels comfortable in the Eagles’ offensive schemes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
In recent years, the People’s Bank of China has maintained a very tight liquidity and as a result China has very weak growth, he argues.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
A beaming Vickye Giraldo holds her rescued kitten tight against her chest outside her ruined home in quake-hit Cali, Colombia.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
But the tight end hasn't said whether retirement could be next.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
There were five children, all scrunched together in a tight group.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
He alluded to rivals Anthropic and OpenAI, who have called for tighter controls on the technology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Now, under proposals introduced by the federal government earlier this year, tighter controls will be introduced to shrink its size and budget.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
"People haven't got the resources to sit in a pub for three or four hours and enjoy themselves. I get the impression people are holidaying on a tighter budget."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
First, several officials, in forecasts released in June and speeches since, have said they expect inflation will return to their 2% goal without tighter policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Thanks, Mom,” I say sweetly, holding tighter to the stack of books—my books now—almost not believing my good luck.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
The formal declaration of Fujimori's win brings one of Peru's tightest leadership contests of all time to a close and ushers in the Andean nation's ninth president in a decade.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Series creator Christopher Storer conveys this in the briefest, tightest shots of hands lovingly plating food, as well as in panoramic views of the series as a whole.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Liberty has less than a year to replace 75% of its electricity supply in one of the tightest wholesale power markets in the West.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
The result was the tightest defense in England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
The warm desert wind blows over us as Lita pulls me into the tightest hug ever.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
