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By popular demand, the capacitive switches on the Roma’s steering wheel have been replaced with tactile buttons and controllers—including, Ferrari says, the return of the iconic Start button.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
"We set out to identify cells that push the self-destruct button but survive anyway," Braun explains.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
"I think at some stage we need to open the communication channels because, you know, you can't have a conversation if you're pressing the mute button," but "so far there's no timeline for it".
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Cher was widely reported to be the first woman to show her belly button on US television - and Mackie's designs were pivotal to that.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Then, before I could change my mind, I hit the add friend button.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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Ermanno Scervino, for his part, unveiled a "corsair" woman, in a wide red and beige jacket with gold buttons, worn over a mini-short.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
By popular demand, the capacitive switches on the Roma’s steering wheel have been replaced with tactile buttons and controllers—including, Ferrari says, the return of the iconic Start button.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Life is demanding, and everyone wants something that presses on the “good feeling” buttons in our brains.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026
“If they can kind of identify each other, wear the buttons or hand them out to the community, it’s kind of a signal,” she said.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
Coaxing the buttons through their holes was like reconciling warring friends, but I finally secured all five of them over my flat chest and belly, a task that was growing harder every day.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Appearing remotely via video-link wearing a partially buttoned pale blue shirt, Brand, the ex-husband of popstar Katy Perry, only spoke to confirm his name and his date of birth.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
By keeping buttoned up about its plans and intentions, Team Trump appears to have spared itself the Pottery Barn rule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
A year after graduating, he began designing menswear at Stirling Copper and was responsible for the body-hugging, buttoned trousers Sir Mick Jagger wore during The Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter tour in 1969.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
He gets a lot of credit for bringing personality to a very buttoned up and scripted media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
She buttoned my coat and we went toward the door.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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Instead of clocking into a cubicle for a traditional 9-to-5 and buttoning corporate uniforms each morning, some new grads are spinning records from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. or writing Substack newsletters from cafes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Bloomberg reported on March 26 that OpenAI was close to buttoning up the $40-billion financing deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025
Navalny spent months in a punishment cell for not buttoning his uniform properly or not putting his hands behind his back when required.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
A smart person would respond to Carroll's new court filing by buttoning up.
From Salon ● May 24, 2023
He scooped up Hester and tucked her securely into his breast, buttoning the canvas coat up close to keep her in.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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