mainstay
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The sketch-comedy mainstay remains a ratings juggernaut, and the version it recently exported to the United Kingdom was renewed Thursday for a second season.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
It’s a public television mainstay that plays well with niche audiences too, as Twitch discovered when a nine-day marathon in 2015 proved to be enormously popular.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
Field is also high on German armaments mainstay Rheinmetall, Morningstar’s top pick in a European defense sector that has counterintuitively declined as the U.S. depletes munitions in the Persian Gulf.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Leg-spinner Sarah Glenn, a recent mainstay of England's T20 squads, was not considered for selection as she is recovering from a broken finger and has not played this season.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Millions of acres of forests were sprayed instead of thou sands as before, in an effort to save the balsams, which are the mainstay of the pulp and paper industry.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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