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If I have a chance to do it, I’m going to do it, and I know a lot of guys would love to do the same thing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
"So I think a lot will be determined over the next six, 12, 18 months."
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Ask your plan administrator for the cost basis of your employer stock, broken out by tax lot.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
"There's a lot of things that people are aware of now," the "Thelma & Louise" star told a news conference.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Oh, a lot happened, a whole lifetime of happenings. But I think I shall keep it short. I am suddenly rather tired. And you must be too. Well, here is how the story ends…”
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Copper miners, Cryer adds, mostly know where the big reserves are concentrated, and unearthing lots of surprisingly large deposits is unlikely now.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
“I’ve talked to lots of Alaska reporters, and I’m very comfortable with that,” he said, wearing work pants and a puffer jacket, surrounded by his tools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Waves also splashed over sections of Pacific Coast Highway near Point Mugu, and in Seal Beach, coastline parking lots flooded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
She said the deliberations were difficult and filled with "lots of crying" and "lots of tears and then hugging".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
He raised his muzzle to catch the scents wafting from the valley: some jays and a few stale elk droppings; several storm-broken spruce; lots of willow herb and withered blueberries.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
From the switch the ball is lotted through to Gomez, who again has a poor final touch and the ball reaches James.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2012
Bridges will be al lotted $700 million for repairs, while the remaining $600 million will be devoted to highway safety programs and miscellaneous road projects.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fortune, indeed, and benefits by Fate are lotted out: One country's blest with fertile fields, whilst others sterile be.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by John Payne
The old estate, of about 150 acres, was lotted out for building in 1839, the sale being then conducted by Messrs. E. and C. Robbins, August 19.
From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Thomas T. Harman
He expected she would, sure as shootin'; lotted on it, they say.
From The Wooing of Calvin Parks by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
We’ll do our best for you—but I ain’t lotting much on Latisan’s showing up again.
From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Holman Day
He has been lotting upon seeing you, maam.
From Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife by Madeline Leslie
Vocabulary lists containing lot
Let's Go Caroling, List 1
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