doormat
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A note the attackers left under his doormat read "No Data Centers."
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
Depending on where you are reading this, your doormat may have been carpeted with colourful leaflets for weeks and your TV and social media feeds chocca with political promises.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
She’s instructing it to read subtle cues, helping steer it toward emotional intelligence so it won’t act like a bully or a doormat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
I don’t want to nag, but neither do I want to be a doormat.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025
After Mom leaves for work, I sit my laptop on her bed and look up the doormat vlog again.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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Best practices for this zone require keeping the area free of flammable materials, from plants and bark mulch to wooden fences, wooden patio furniture and even jute doormats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Along with, say, People, Time and National Geographic, it has long lined the dentist offices, neighbors’ doormats and coffee tables of your life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
The business offers potentially higher margins for Amazon than its main consumer business, as making a smaller number of bulk deliveries is cheaper, per unit, than getting millions of small parcels to individuals' doormats.
From Reuters ● Apr. 20, 2023
"We are braced for a surge in abandonments once higher electricity bills start landing on people's doormats," the spokesperson said.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2022
“They’re not doormats, but they know they’re up against kids who have had more resources. I’ve seen it. They feel intimidated sometimes, even by kids from Pennsbury.”
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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