plug
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The parties had been set to negotiate in late August, but Bonta pulled the plug on those sessions, accusing Paramount of leaking misinformation and “playing games.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
“That’s the point, you know what we should do? Pull the plug, literally unplug the computer.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
"By applying the insecticides, that's when they started falling out of conduit pipes, literally coming out of plug sockets, out of the toasters, out of the back of microwave ovens," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
So many people are so stuck in the struggle of day-to-day survival that they can barely plug into politics at all.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
I have this sense that she might be able to plug my answers into a formula I never learned and tell me what the heck is going on.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Professor Nohria plugs the talent agency game into a basic diagram.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The base this plugs into is already large.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
When the antibody plugs into the capillary’s transferrin receptor, a portal through the blood-brain barrier opens up.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
They range from energy saving plugs that can cause a fire or electric shocks to baby sleeping bags that can be a suffocation risk.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
Smiling and proud, he plugs the new TV into the wall of the relaxing room.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
Standing in front of rows of what look like giant filing cabinets that contain Alps, he told AFP he was excited to have all of NASA's climate data plugged directly into the machine.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
"We've shown that when tissue-resident macrophages don't have EP2 on their surfaces anymore or when that receptor is plugged up by a drug, this decline doesn't happen."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Teens have places to be, and parents want to stay plugged in along the way,” Uber said in its announcement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Logical and combative, Zhu plugged China into global systems of trade, banking and communications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Then, with a flourish, he plugged the attached wire into the wall.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
She told The Sunday Times they were "plugging away".
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Europe’s arms industry is slowly plugging the output gap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The people plugging this shortfall are buyers of U.S. debt.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
One key skill for the coming bot invasion: plugging in cables.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
“Okay, Clare,” Gingersnipes said, plugging her nose, “let’s make this quick.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
