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[stey] / steɪ /








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Helicopter pilots are trained to stay away from those conditions, Cress said, because the lack of altitude and forward momentum give them little recourse if there is engine trouble.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

By that I mean you have to try to stay fresh and positive, because invariably you are going to go on bad runs of defeats like Coventry are on, which can drag your mood down.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Under the new rules, family members seeking to join students in Australia will face new curbs and it will become harder for students to move between courses to extend their stay, Burke said.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

Perhaps he could announce that, in his final two years as President, he will push hard for a deal in Congress to let them stay.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

He wanted to stay with the Duchess when his master went to fight, but Don Quixote said he must go or the spell wouldn't be broken.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

It would be hard to find a more L.A. scene than the one playing out downtown in the normally staid Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez United States Courthouse.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Their devotion to communism as unshakable as ever, both worked for the Soviet government—though in staid desk jobs rather than undercover operations—before dying within a month of each other in 1964.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

The aim was to expand U.S. influence in Europe, promote ideas suppressed behind the Iron Curtain and, more specifically, expose Soviet culture as staid and doctrinaire.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

But he’ll return, as a ghost, to criticize his son, who, admittedly, has grown staid and stale in his life, his marriage and his work, whatever that’s been.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

Then turning to Mrs. Weston, with a look of gentle reproach—“Ah! Miss Taylor, if you had not married, you would have staid at home with me.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

Afraid to enter their own home, Mark and Rita stayed with a friend for another month or so.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

The 30-year yield stayed nearly the same, while the 10-year moved up modestly.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

But he stayed throughout the hearing, which lasted one hour and 15 minutes, showing no emotion and seeming to follow proceedings through headphones.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

“The experience was deeply traumatic, and its impact has stayed with us. Today’s decision is not about the compensation, but about accountability and recognition,” the statement read.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

Everyone stayed indoors as much as possible now, and, if we did go out, we scurried quickly to do whatever we had to do, and hurried home again.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

I love staying at Soho House because it feels creative, relaxed and private.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

According to the AP, a former receptionist at the Hôtel de Pourtalès, where the fashion mogul was staying when she was robbed, was awarded the equivalent of $126,472 in the civil damages ruling.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

Beyond the container huts, between 4,000 and 5,000 participants will be staying on an Italian cruise ship which docked in Nagoya on Tuesday.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Finnish President Alexander Stubb said Donald Trump "pretty much does what he wants" and recommended staying calm in a world on edge, preferably with a sauna, in a freewheeling interview to AFP on Tuesday.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Maybe he should spend the winter staying put in the Very, Very Far North.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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