slot
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Soon after entering Disneyland, I secured an 11:50 a.m. slot on my favorite ride, Space Mountain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
According to experts, an average 30-second World Cup advertising slot on Fox costs between $200,000 and $300,000.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
“If you were to cancel your slot, you’d have to wait five or 10 years to get an incremental slot,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
In the top slot for the Financial Times: investment management firm BlueCrest "questions UK as a business destination after £200mn tax defeat".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
“If you don’t go to music, we could use that time slot to meet.”
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
Although it was easy for a resident of Piscataquis County to pick their four delegates, someone in Portland had 149 different slots to fill.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
They save money and then go to Atlantic City and blow it on the slots.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Playing the Disney slots means reserving a time on your preferred ride, telling the app you want to modify it, then refreshing over and over until a better time appears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The expansion means Gov. Gavin Newsom will fulfill nearly three-quarters of the slots he promised in 2021.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Two guys brought the ball down and then the two guys who had hustled down into the forward slots came out and took the ball.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
The first free-hit was heaved over cow corner for six, the second free-hit was swatted over long-on to bring up a 39-ball half-century and another maximum was slotted over the leg-side fence.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The ecosystem does not wait for evidence; it constructs a narrative framework into which evidence, if it ever appears, can be slotted later.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
Screws with a cross-shaped head were shown to outperform those with a slotted head because a cross-shaped driver “sticks” inside without slippage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
While McIlroy was travelling on one of golf's most dramatic rollercoaster rides, Rose slotted putt after putt, especially on the inward half.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
When they slotted the bars through the brackets, they made a huge X brace.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Paul went on his podcast armed with a whiteboard, slotting James into various imaginary lineups around the NBA—Minnesota, Denver, and Philadelphia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
It’s an admirable acknowledgement of those behind the scenes, slotting film reels into the Dryden’s 75-year-old projectors, summoning shimmering worlds before our eyes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Pushing Tom Banton or Jacob Bethell up to open and slotting Ahmed into the middle order would be a huge gamble backed up by little evidence.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
The machines will excavate and construct the tunnel as they move, slotting concrete segments into place.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
I wasn’t interested in slotting myself into a passive role, waiting for Barack’s team to give me direction.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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