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From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

The portico was self-contained; at the press of a button Colin turned it into a prison cell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"We set out to identify cells that push the self-destruct button but survive anyway," Braun explains.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

He pushes a button for alpine mode on his treadmill and starts a 45-minute workout.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Lunging forward, I hit the activation button and by some miracle the platform in front of us lit up.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

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

The faces of lions are delicately piped in three dimensions on the buttons of a piece based on a suit worn by Elizabeth Taylor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

And with that, Upton left, mad enough to bust his fancy gold buttons.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

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

The first episode featured a noticeably stiff Piker standing in front of the camera, wearing a lavender shirt buttoned up to his collar.

From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2025

He pulled on his underwear and buttoned his shirt hurriedly.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

His alleged infractions included not washing his face at a specified time and not buttoning his clothing properly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

We first hear the song as Tony is getting ready to go out, blow-drying his hair, trying on various gold chains and meticulously buttoning his best dress shirt.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2022

She girds herself for the interrogation; taking a few deep breaths — decisive, metallic — and buttoning her jacket as if it might shield her from danger.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2022

Buford came out into the open, saw his staff tidying itself up, combing hair, buttoning buttons.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara