fit
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Carriers fit two to four vehicles inside a container, which is lifted by crane onto a ship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
For LookingGlass, the role was a perfect fit.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
They included getting an engineering degree or a Royal Air Force route, but also to "do good in school" and "stay fit and healthy".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Having pivoted away from a traditional home in the center of Aspen, Oates turned to a real estate agent friend, who began taking him on tours of properties that might better fit their needs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
The plants that he recognized, he named out loud, describing them as he saw fit.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
The people included in the study may have been healthier and fitter than the general population.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
"But he and other key players like Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland are all flying and couldn't look fitter."
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Plus, it’s a measure of progress—the fitter I get, the easier my heart works.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Trump often boasts about his health, saying that he is far fitter than previous presidents despite his weight and a love of fast food.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
"And hast been in the battle, clean contrary to your obedience. A boy to break a father's heart! At your age a rod to your breech were fitter than a sword in your fist, ha!"
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
Novak did what Novak does - finding a way to beat one of the fittest, most athletic younger guys at the age of 39.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
So far, Whoop has focused its marketing efforts on positioning itself as an aspirational brand worn by some of the fittest people in the world in the most rarefied spaces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Molango fears the World Cup will simply become a "survival of the fittest".
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
In the meantime, it will be survival of the fittest drivers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026
Davenport, the Harvard-trained zoologist famous for establishing the Eugenics Record Office, created a standardized evaluation form to judge the fittest babies.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
At this moment, nearly every form of software and hardware comes fitted with an AI component.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as a civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
With natural gas accounting for 12% of German power generation, and with half of German homes fitted with gas boilers, German households are also being affected.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
That was BMW's lowest quarterly profit since late 2024 when faulty brakes fitted to vehicles ended up costing the carmaker hundreds of millions of euros.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Right after them, Darlene marched up with a better one, a flowchart with little orange Halloween lights fitted through the poster board.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
Martin has spoken about a Shakespearean influence on his writing, and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre was a fitting venue for the play’s debut, which felt grand in scope and staging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The findings support once weekly brisk interval walking as a practical therapeutic option for adults with central obesity, especially those who have difficulty fitting several workouts into their schedules.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
The proposed airplane would seat about 250 passengers and fly about 5,000 nautical miles, fitting between the biggest narrowbodies and the smallest wide-bodies that Boeing and Airbus currently sell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The scandal erupted in September 2015 when German automaker Volkswagen admitted fitting millions of vehicles with software to make engines appear less polluting in regulatory tests than in real driving conditions.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
“Wouldn’t it be fitting if your family’s store supplied some decorative touches for the show? Wall hangings, screens, lanterns and such?”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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