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Mid-listen, you can tap a button, ask your question, hear the answer, and then pick up the story right where you left off.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Tough headwinds have the industry eyeing the reset button.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
From there, an international panel would have to agree on a course of action and then press the button to deploy the system, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
After a decade or so of failing to qualify for major tournaments - since Euro 2000 - the authorities hit the reset button.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
My shorts were tattered and straining at the seams, and I had to keep the top button open to be able to breathe.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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It’s visiting elements that can penetrate your soul and stay with you and inspire you or push buttons or make you angry or make you happy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
But to see him moving the levers and pushing buttons was fascinating.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Many objects are not unique and quite a few are mass-produced, such as campaign posters and buttons and magazine covers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
However, Kathryn said she tried everything to stop "intrusive" adverts but updating her settings or clicking on mark as spam buttons did not prevent baby adverts popping up on her feeds weeks after a miscarriage.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
I thought my complaint would rub her the wrong way, but she just gives me a mischievous smile, as if she likes pushing my buttons.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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Appearing remotely via video-link wearing a partially buttoned pale blue shirt, Brand, the ex-husband of popstar Katy Perry, only spoke to confirm his name and his date of birth.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
By keeping buttoned up about its plans and intentions, Team Trump appears to have spared itself the Pottery Barn rule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
A year after graduating, he began designing menswear at Stirling Copper and was responsible for the body-hugging, buttoned trousers Sir Mick Jagger wore during The Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter tour in 1969.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
I think I hold the most back when I’m interviewing people on the red carpet, because I know I have to be buttoned up, and it’s about them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
I buttoned my jacket against the wind and concentrated on Captain Billy’s sons Edgar and Richard who had jumped ashore and were helping Otis tie up the ferry with graceful, practiced steps.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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Instead of clocking into a cubicle for a traditional 9-to-5 and buttoning corporate uniforms each morning, some new grads are spinning records from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. or writing Substack newsletters from cafes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Navalny spent months in a punishment cell for not buttoning his uniform properly or not putting his hands behind his back when required.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
Ms Thompson said that despite 2024 looking like it will be a challenging year, households are very good at adapting to a new lending landscape and "buttoning down the hatches."
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2023
A smart person would respond to Carroll's new court filing by buttoning up.
From Salon ● May 24, 2023
I slam open the door to the stairwell, buttoning my jacket as I book it up the steps to the roof.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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