wing
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AI also could pose challenges to the company’s entertainment wing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Last month, Gloucester-Hartpury wing Mia Venner and Exeter scrum-half Flo Robinson were awarded full-time England contracts for the first time, among 32 deals for the 2026-27 season.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Ocasio-Cortez, widely known by her initials AOC, burst onto the national political scene with an upset congressional victory in 2018 and rapidly became a leading voice of the Democratic Party's left wing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
And one of the first players he took under his wing was sophomore cornerback Osiris Gilbert, a UConn transfer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
But when the lieutenant returned to the room a guard from the women’s wing was with him.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Cartridges fixed on the aircraft's wings contain a substance that, when dispersed, sticks to cloud droplets, making them heavy enough to fall as rain.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Sometimes his friends would even dare him to tell a joke about buffalo wings, the kind of dares that can only be conceived by years of friendship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The Galaxy hope to capitalize on his speed, ability to play on both wings and experience in high-pressure situations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
She plowed through Oprah’s recommendations as she split-stretched in the wings of the theater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Major Puff flapped his wings dramatically, causing Handsome to flinch and nearly fall over.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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Zendaya recently wore an enormous white winged creation from the label to the premiere of “The Odyssey,” styled by longtime collaborator Law Roach.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
The boy, who was not named in the report, swatted the bat off his face, after which his father caught the winged mammal in a pot and released it outside.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
It tapers as it rises, massive forms jutting out at intervals: winged helmets and alarmingly watchful eagles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
The country's official motto for 2026 is "Independent neutral Turkmenistan is the homeland of purposeful winged horses".
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
The winged goddesses spiraled above, preparing for another sweeping attack, and Brer kicked high into the air, trying to close off the hole the monster had made in the Thicket’s wall.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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“They’re just kind of winging it and throwing a bunch of applications,” said Trey Chappell, director of College X-ing, a consultant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
"The bottom line is, we've gone into great detail with them about the planning. We've described it to them. In fact, it's not just winging it," he told reporters after meeting lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026
Yet our understanding of the science of disease and vaccination isn’t a product of “experts” simply winging it; it’s the product of years of empirical data, all available publicly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024
To form a baseline for judging future changes, the study’s first step has been to create an inventory of the types of butterflies currently winging through the meadows.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
And where was Lupito’s soul winging to, or was it washing down the river to the fertile valley of my uncles’ farms?
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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