gate
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The man appeared unresponsive and the yard was fenced, with a locked gate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
“Now, it’s coming in our area, both on ammunition and on rocket motors for missiles and so on. And that is opening up the gate of further investments.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
But in fact, all children benefit from a shift away from the "showing-off culture" at the school gate at the end of term, which can make them anxious, she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The pros included a vast support network of friends and neighbors, 24/7 security guards stationed at the entrance gate, and scenic lakes, swimming pools and tennis courts throughout her development.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
We didn’t take time to open the gate.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Gates opened for supporters at 11:00 local time - four hours before kick-off - with more gates being opened sporadically to ease congestion.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
And, perhaps most memorably significant, the Trojan Horse is discovered half-submerged on the beach, and not outside Troy’s gates on wheels.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Over the past year, the carrier has beefed up its schedule there and is poised to win back gates it previously lost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
He was speaking after workers used a crane to remove the metal gates that had long separated La Linea from Gibraltar.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
On our right-hand side are recurring openings into the auditorium, like different gates at a baseball stadium.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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The gated community is made up of more than 100 two-story homes, each with two to three bedrooms and an average price ranging from $500,000 to $610,000, according to property records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
One resident also told the newsrooms that they spotted Paxton in the gated community.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
LAKESIDE, Mont.— David Fetveit, a third-generation Montanan, is looking forward to the opening of Territory 1889 Golf & Lake Club, a luxury gated community of 359 homes rising in this corner of Big Sky Country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The rest is gated behind driverless testing later this year, paid passenger pickups before year’s end and expansion through 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
The core of the core lives in Pyongyang in large apartments or single-family homes in gated neighborhoods.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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If funds keep having to pay out 5% of their assets quarter after quarter, some might be forced into fire sales or could freeze withdrawals altogether, 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
Physical infrastructure such as computing and power remain gating factors to the development of AI, and adoption of enterprise technology is a very slow process.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
Overall: Aligned with a positive macro regime with selective, income-seeking markets thanks to low volatility and improving technicals—but fundamental cleanup remains the gating factor for sustained rerating.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
There will, indeed, for the penalty is not "crossing at the buttery," nor "gating," but—excommunication!
From Oxford by Lang, Andrew