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door

[dawr, dohr] / dɔr, doʊr /


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But every time I wake my phone to perform one of these little tasks, I’m also opening the door to everything else it contains: emails, notifications, messages I wasn’t planning to answer over lunch.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

"We're taking the Bastille," one demonstrator shouted in Marseille as masked protesters rammed the door of the mayor's offices with security barriers, in reference to the 1789 storming of a fortress during the French Revolution.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

“Would you allow strangers in your house, with a door without a lock?” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The couple placed a “do not disturb” sign on their door as they left, according to Boucher.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Mom hands him one of two bags she had set aside next to the door.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The recordings showed who was getting in and out of the cars, the routes taken and even the codes used to open gates or doors to military facilities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Local media reports suggest the school received new doors in 2022 which can lock classrooms with a flip of a switch.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The complaint alleges Alfozan wanted to record what was being said behind those closed doors on an encrypted device wrapped in toilet paper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Once you really feel that in your bones, then it’s almost like the right doors and the right people start coming in, because you’re sitting in a place of power, not a place of desperation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Upstairs held a narrow hallway, doors on either side.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows


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