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gate

[geyt] / geɪt /


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We ducked under a gate and surrounded Ernie as he headed to the locker room.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

“I can’t get the image out of my mind … him standing on the gate, screaming, ‘Help me!

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

This will be because they feel they can get more spectators through the gate, and/or provide better value for money.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

After that, they added the high κ hafnium oxide gate dielectric.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

It was a big pen, with a gate.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

Those unable to rescue their animals left their gates open in the hope the animals would find their own way to safety, local residents told Canadian broadcaster CBC.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

In short: Wilson snuck a 2,700-year-old poem through the gates of mainstream taste — and after that victory, her arrogance left her marooned.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Local social media pages often show cars parked in front of farm gates, passing places and even private fields.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Its chief ambition is endurance: it must survive transit, uncertain demand and an unknowable stretch between gates.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

“Assuming the key card works, we still need to get security to open the gates into the lab area.”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

Separated only by a gated alley, the fenced-off facility is about 100 feet from the nearest home.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

A buyer working in the industry paid $70 million for a gated estate in Hillsborough.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Those who can drive claim an ever-larger share of public space, while walking becomes a leisure activity confined to gated communities, parks or gym treadmills.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

I know a recently widowed 85-year-old who liked living in a gated community in South Florida for residents 55 and up.

From MarketWatch Jul. 12, 2026

Long Beach is so different than the gated community I grew up in.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

Analysts warn continued outflows could force private-credit funds into fire sales or to freeze withdrawals, a process called gating.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

PSPOs replace earlier measures such as designated public place orders, gating orders, and dog control orders.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

“If these companies didn’t have gating provisions, this would be real trouble.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 2026

The funds started gating their exits and giving investors smaller and smaller prorated portions of the cash investors sought.

From Barron's Mar. 17, 2026

Then I saw another, who was standing at the corner of a street gating at some strange antics which were being played by a company of the townsmen. 

From The Rocky Island and Other Similitudes by Samuel Wilberforce




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