a line

Example Sentences

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Ares has a line showing the cash received for the principal payoff, and then a separate line showing cash collected for the deferred PIK interest when loans are paid off.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Mariscos Jalisco sent out trays of shrimp tacos — a nod to the couple’s seafood origin story — but guests still beelined for the truck, forming a line down the block.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

You may not see the queues outside branches of Northern Rock, as we saw in 2007, but there is a line of people wanting their money back.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

I was tempted to believe that Tulsa was a city run by transplants—but then I had breakfast at Country Bird Bakery in the Pearl District, where a line wraps around the block most mornings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

He turned to the Incorrigibles, who stood in a line as if awaiting inspection.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood