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Then Díaz walked David Hamilton to load the bases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
“People really are saying, ‘I don’t know if I’m going to do a full load of groceries or I’m going to put my electric bill on a credit card this month.’
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Reports at the time indicated that the club could have gone into bankruptcy over its massive debt load.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
"Luckily it was a Sunday, otherwise the load would have already ended up in landfill," the boss told Italian broadcaster TGCOM24.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
But Nim got another load and then another, till she had twenty fat coconuts heaped on the rocks, and then she hurled them into the water one by one.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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Dan Miller, a 43-year-old software developer in Raleigh, N.C., found the banana hooks he made to hang under his cabinet weren’t strong enough to support certain loads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
"I'm going to take two telescopes, some equipment and offer experiences for all ages. UK Astronomy has donated loads of solar glasses," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Or can we have a Zoom because I have loads of questions?’” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The catering truck, which typically loads in-flight meals, parked on the right side of Air Force One, partially shielded from media cameras.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
“I liked the D.A.! I learned loads with you!”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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In Cali, in the southwest, Jorge Leon described the pain of "starting all over again" as he walked beside a yellow truck loaded with his belongings.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
The Dodgers are the large-market powerhouse loaded with star power seeking their third straight World Series trophy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Earlier this week, authorities tried to increase the water flow to the plant - which uses the Danube for cooling - by sinking barges loaded with rocks in the river.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Experts say the refurbished phone was likely loaded with spyware, and that she could have combated this by restoring factory settings before setting it up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The ships were loaded with guns and other munitions, gold, silver, foodstuffs, livestock, and nearly a thousand sailors and Protestant colonists called Huguenots seeking freedom in the New World.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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One of the final major tests before launch integration will involve loading cryogenic propellants.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
A man was seen loading several items into a vehicle at the property, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
At the weekly market in the southern Romanian town of Calarasi, Florica Vasile goes from vendor to vendor loading her shopping trolley with vegetables the locals say are cheaper than anywhere else in the city.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
And then there’s the device itself—the smartphone that never leaves your hand, with an infinite scroll of live shows running around the clock, one loading automatically beneath the last.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
All the other buses are loading up except for us.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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