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The spending that was originally anticipated for the fourth quarter is pushed forward tot the first quarter of 2026.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
When you tot up the balance of alleged irreparable harms here, it isn’t even a close call.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2024
Writer tapped to read at inauguration was taken as a tot to hear King’s ‘Dream’ speech.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
The Aggies cashed in on the error when Daniels scored on a 2-yard run tot cut it to 24-13.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
So there will be a whole tot of us going to the dance together, misfits and fits, couples and not.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
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A hungry Grogu uses the Force to steal cheddar ranch tots, garlic chicken fries, a Whopper burger and a blue milkshake.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
Lamb Weston, based in Idaho, has a market value of close to $6.5 billion and is a major producer of frozen-potato products including french fries, hash browns and tater tots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
Placing ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” and FXX’s “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” into the same lunch tray compartments feels higher risk than, say, mixing red gelatin into your tater tots instead of ketchup.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025
The students take turns describing the mindfulness activities they’ve used with children in the past — smelling flowers, morning yoga sessions for tots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024
She was surrounded by three other tiny tots, all with big floppy bows.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
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But Anisimova was annoyed with herself too, as she totted up 44 unforced errors to Pegula's 21 and made seven double faults.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
And in Ancelotti they have a coach with the Midas touch, in charge of players who have totted up so many wins in this competition and know how to get the job done.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2024
An on-air graphic totted up the final score: 34 guilty, 0 not guilty.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2024
Zookeepers tempted squirrel monkeys onto scales, totted up tarantulas and used a curry-scented measuring stick to coax Sumatran tigers to stretch out.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
Now I totted up numbers this way and that.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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Plus: Federal cyber help for water plants; totting up security regulations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Second on the medals table stood France, with the host athletes pleasing home crowds by totting up 14 gold, 15 silver and 12 bronze medals.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2024
Another visitor from Australia, Tony Cosford, was busy totting up the figures.
From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2022
We might worry about the quantities of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases totting up in the atmosphere, or feel increasingly nervous about tiny, naked-to-the-eye particles of pollution, especially in car-choked cities.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2021
The bus-girl found a pad and started totting up numbers, then keyed them into a Point-of-Sale terminal, which juiced Art's comm with an accounting for their lunch.
From Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow