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door

[dawr, dohr] / dɔr, doʊr /


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Law schools could use their antitrust curricula as a secret screening device to steer cynics and chiselers who accidently get through the door toward alternative professions such as telemarketing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Analysts at Capital Economics said Warsh's speech delivered a "far clearer - and hawkish - message" and that it left "the door open to a hike" earlier than previously expected.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

“I’ll have the cave door shut,” Burruss said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Boeing did not make it past the probationary period when in January 2024, the rear door on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max plane blew off midair.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

We wait for Nana Dee to go to bed, and then we head for the back door.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

TKV, who has sparred Joshua, Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley, has seen enough behind closed doors to believe Itauma can handle it.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Sidney Bonilla, treasurer and business manager of Steamfitters UA Local 602, said his members knock on doors for candidates and help finance campaigns.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Put plainly, this is not an organization particularly interested in producing girls who are incurious about the world beyond their own front doors.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

Staff at a much-loved family-run ice cream business say they are "devastated" after announcing it is closing its doors after 106 years of business due to rising costs.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

The hospital was a maze of halls and doors.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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