tack
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The property is also fully equipped as an equestrian facility, boasting a 3,800-square-foot horse barn, with eight stalls, a tack room, and a hay loft.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Back in 2010, the Netherlands had tried a similar tack against Spain in a World Cup final.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Three of the four said they disliked cold lay repairs and that a properly laid hot fill option, done to the proper depth and with a tack coat emulsion, should last years.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
But he then reportedly reversed tack following calls to One Nation colleagues, asking if he could re-do the answer with the correct policy.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
My mom’s voice softens a bit, trying a different tack.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
After warm handshakes and a warning about Taiwan from Xi Jinping on Thursday, the Chinese president and Trump were due to get down to brass tacks on Friday with discussions on trade, geopolitics and AI.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
For a company founded by ex-OpenAI executives disaffected with Sam Altman’s business practices, it seemingly has little compunction about the aggressive tacks it’s already taken to shore up its $380 billion bottom line.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2026
“Investors are getting down to brass tacks and saying, ‘What do we want to own over the next few months?’”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
The piano was given a distinctive 'honky-tonk' sound by the attachment of tacks to its hammers.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025
The walls were made of concrete blocks, and tacks couldn’t be used, of course.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
The bottom half of the order tacked on a pair of insurance runs in the seventh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
To win loan deals in recent years, Ares allowed many borrowers to defer paying cash interest with payments-in-kind, or PIK, that get tacked on to the outstanding loan.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
So the only reasonable charge was violating the city ordinance against disturbing “the peace of others by violent, offensive or boisterous conduct or language,” but that was tacked on later, in February.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Unilever’s U.S.-listed shares tacked on 0.7% ahead of Tuesday’s open.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026
An enormous chart of the keyboard diagram was tacked up in front of the room.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
For example, a coalition of advocacy groups is seeking to prevent Spectrum from tacking on equipment charges for customers on low-income plans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Private companies added a net 122,000 jobs in May, ADP said Wednesday morning, tacking on more solid gains after the 105,000 roles added in April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
One trend helping travelers stretch their budgets is “trip stacking,” or tacking a vacation onto something you were already doing out of town.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
It meant Southgate was comfortable tacking thorny issues that arose during his tenure, such as racism.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
I’m still holding the upholstery he was tacking down.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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