how things stand
Example Sentences
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Here’s how things stand for the Rams heading into Sunday’s matchup:
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2022
Yet given how things stand, we should be concerned with what happens when we do not.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2022
"We're all a little bit unsure about how things stand at the minute, obviously with what's going on in Westminster, with Boris," he says.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2021
He’s now -7, and we might as well remind ourselves how things stand at the top before it all gets going during the next hour.
From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2021
Other plans we cannot make, for we know not yet how things stand upon the field.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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