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field

[feeld] / fild /




VERB
catch a hit or thrown object
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AI is driving concerns about cybersecurity to new levels, according to Dimon, who alluded to several developments in the field:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

"That's especially important today as we face unprecedented pressures from all sides, political, financial, and also from the rising dangers in the field," she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Grupe, signed last week to replace Harrison Mevis, made a 44-yard field goal in the first quarter against the Cardinals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Here, Williams' Alan Jones leads the field into the first corner in 1981.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

I called out to them and the muffled sound of their “Hello” came back across the field.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

“The biggest advantages for drones come in wet fields, rough terrain, irregularly shaped fields and situations where timely product applications are critical,” says Bernt Nelson of the AFBF.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Gleaning Cornwall relies on volunteers to collect unwanted produce from harvested fields, delivering it to 160 food banks, community larders and kitchens across the South West.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

They used computer models of the electrical fields generated by implanted electrodes alongside maps of brain connectivity.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

IN JANUARY, Weis snagged a gig paying $70/hour through Mercor, a tech startup that pays experts to train AI in their various career fields.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Pop and Mama and my brothers and sisters and me all grabbed brooms and shovels and took to the fields and started swinging, vowing to beat ’em off if we had to.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

They fielded a competitive team at a fair price.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Lubin said he’s fielded numerous calls from clients who have asked for his take on Amendment 3.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

For more than 11 minutes of Saturday's pre-match news conference, Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson fielded questions centred on Sunday's Nations League Group B3 'home' game against Israel in Serbia.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

At the advanced end of the spectrum, Russia reportedly fielded at least one model of a fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle in early 2025.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

Molly had told her a hundred times, and she still fielded the questions on a biweekly basis.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

England did not pick a specialist spinner in any of the three Tests against Pakistan, instead fielding four frontline seamers.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

She had spent the previous months fielding calls from Russian military officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Employees shouldn’t have to manufacture delight on demand while working short-staffed shifts for inadequate pay, fielding customer complaints about things outside their control.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Her appointment fills one of the White House's most visible positions, with the press secretary responsible for briefing journalists, fielding questions about administration policies and serving as a chief public defender of the president.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Her fielding couldn’t have been worse, but we were piling up too many runs to take serious notice of it.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger


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