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I’ve just always liked a mustache, it helps me lean into law enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

With lean teams, many small-caps can adopt AI tools quickly, automate workflows, and expand capacity without proportionally growing head count.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

“A Past Without Pictures” is a bleak but intermittently lyrical work with lean prose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

She sought to portray them as sleazy and pointedly decided to lean into an argument of recent months about Englishness.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

My heart leaps in my throat as I watch the River God lean against his desk.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Instead of wide postwar boulevards, roads would become slower and leaner, transforming Long Beach into a top-five global cycling city, said former city traffic engineer Paul Van Dyk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Han said this leaner version of the company aims to pivot from designing truck bodies to developing and improving software for trucks made by contract factories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

It is easy to see why JLR's chief executive PJ Balaji feels action is necessary to trim costs and make the company leaner.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

"Uber is aiming to create a leaner organization with fewer managerial layers and move faster in investing into growth," Wedbush said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

Alternatively, hunters may have caught and ‘adopted’ a lamb, fattening it during the months of plenty and slaughtering it in the leaner season.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

A commonly eaten meat in Australia, kangaroo is the world’s leanest protein and the equivalent of venison in America.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Skinless chicken and turkey breast meat — aka white meat — sold whole or as cutlets or fillets, are the leanest poultry choices.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024

The CEO concentrated the business, exiting less productive properties and dumping an in-house service arm, and set out a mission to make Pioneer the leanest, profitable and most desirable catch among U.S. shale independents.

From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 2023

It's not a lie - I was never the leanest cricketer in the world, but I won games for franchises.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2023

The advice to omit needless words should not be confused with the puritanical edict that all writers must pare every sentence down to the shortest, leanest, most abstemious version possible.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The woman sitting next to me leans close.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

For now, Grail leans on a niche cash market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

It’s a proven formula that leans into the ridiculousness of mundane situations but earns its audience every holiday season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Usman Muhammad pauses by the entrance to a tiny Nigerian prison cell and leans his forehead against the wall unable to speak.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

When her throat hurts from yelling, she leans against the wall, buries her face in the crook of her elbow, and tries to swallow a shuddering sob.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

I don’t know, I might’ve leaned in a couple times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

“It weakens the ‘no low-band’ rebuttal management teams have leaned on,” Maral wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Past marketing also leaned heavily on its food’s health properties and high-profile endorsers such as Kim Kardashian and Kyrie Irving, the vegan NBA star.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Over the summer, the Three Lions found ways to win but often leaned on scrappy moments of brilliance rather than methodical dominance.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

As soon as the fresh drinks arrived, she drained half her glass and leaned back.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Nordqvist's singles line-up also leant heavily on a willingness to trust in youth.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Chanel's artistic director Matthieu Blazy leant into the world of whimsy and fantasy with his haute couture collection.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Researchers said the work also leant further credence to a theory about humpback whale patterns known as the "Southern Ocean Exchange".

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

The family also claims the new authorities have leant on the courts to find them guilty.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025

I leant over the rail and looked down at the hall below.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Like other long-established European carmakers, Stellantis, which owns Citroën, is leaning in to its 20th century heritage in response to the wave of 21st century startups from China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

She’s been leaning on her credit cards more to make ends meet.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

“I’m not really sure 200% if we went there or not. I wouldn’t say I’m leaning one way or the other. I just know I’m a little bit skeptical.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

But as the council debated, it became clear they were leaning toward Butch Twining, 70, citing in part his business experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Dad asks me, leaning back in his chair.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller