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foot

[foot] / fʊt /
NOUN
extremity of an animate being
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NOUN
base of an object
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“There’s a phenomena during El Niños where the waters offshore California get warmer, and they actually rise up, up to a foot, sometimes more, higher than average,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Then—with humanlike fluency I might characterize as confidence—FSD put its invisible foot down, moving over two lanes to anticipate merging traffic far ahead and put us in the fast lane.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

A nine-year-old boy who had his foot amputated as a toddler hopes he has become the youngest amputee to complete the tallest peaks in Wales, Scotland and England in less than 24 hours.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The stakes go far beyond daily routines or vacation itineraries; small businesses lose out on potential foot traffic and revenue whenever a thunderstorm icon appears, even if it’s bright and sunny outside.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

Later that day Wilson cuts his foot and I go to get a bootie for him and find they are frozen in soda slush.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

She says she is at peace with the fact all her worldly possessions fit in a bedroom that is no more than 12ft long, by eight feet wide.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

They can travel 60 miles an hour 400 feet off the ground to enable quicker response times, Flock says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Fire evacuation warning zones had reached within 1,000 feet of University of Nevada, Reno campus, where 24,000 students are due to begin fall classes on Monday.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

"The attacks were varied, so the insides of my stomach can swell up, I've had my lips, my hands, my feet."

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

“Easy boy,” I say, pushing him down so all his feet are on the floor.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Levon White, a third-grader in Newman Lake, Wash., said he orders sushi once a month when he visits his best friend’s grandmother, who happily foots the bill.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 2, 2026

It's not always obvious who foots the bill for campaign rallies.

From Salon Oct. 11, 2024

Lyle Foster has a pop from the edge of the box and a deflection almost wrong foots Ivo Grbic in the Sheffield United net but he manages to save.

From BBC Apr. 19, 2024

Today, the government foots the majority of the bill for high-cost drugs.

From Seattle Times Aug. 10, 2022

“These shoes I got on my foots are the workin’ shoes.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

He is right footed, although he prefers to play on the left wing, but can also play on the right or through the middle.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

One original capped with white chocolate and footed with dark.

From Salon Feb. 5, 2026

Much of the bill has been footed by U.S. taxpayers.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 12, 2025

Savinho, who is left footed, made two-thirds of his league appearances for City on the right, while he predominantly played for Girona on the left.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2025

He was hit at once with the smell of coffee and frying potatoes, and in spite of everything, especially the close encounters with footed snakes and sheydim, his stomach growled.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

This is a solid franchise fighting for its footing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

As with the UFC fight, the IndyCar organizers are footing the bill for a huge logistical challenge which has shut down some of Washington's busiest roads for days.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

Chips and bonds seem to have found their footing, for now at least, and stock futures point to a muted U.S. open overall.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

They take the olive groves and the goats and the summer houses, and they take the makeshift shelters and the fragile new footing of people who had already lost everything once.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

Pax would nose Peter’s shirtsleeve, or claw up the curtains, then pretend to lose his footing and fall to the floor—anything to get his boy to play.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker




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