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The 1,300-word-plus screed was triggered by Friday’s episode of “Real Time With Bill Maher,” a mainstay on HBO since 2003.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Most recently, the star of “The West Wing” has been a mainstay on Fox’s campy disaster series “9-1-1.”
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
Just when critics thought that playing loud characters was his mainstay, he proved them wrong by delivering a mesmerising performance in Khamoshi as a person who could not hear or speak.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Porsche’s net cash flow margin in its mainstay automotive segment is now expected to increase this year to between 5.5% and 7.5%, up from previous guidance of 3% to 5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Owners no longer had the economic clout of being a mainstay of the economy.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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Many of Halloween’s biggest mainstays started much more modestly—as ideas from entrepreneurs and small businesses that caught on, spread and eventually became traditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Circularity and self-referentiality are mainstays in Cowin’s work, wry disruptor that she is.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
When I reported on the business of Starbucks last year, analysts pointed to a major shift happening in the drinks market: concept-forward drinks are outperforming other traditional mainstays in the landscape.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Curry and Daly have both been hit by long injury lay-offs over the past year, while Roebuck and Lawrence have fallen out of favour after previously being mainstays of the side.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
And one of the mainstays of Franklin’s printing business was the publication of Indian treaties, viewed then as critical state documents.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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