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Leo will come right up to the doors of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a neat brick church where workers are racing against the clock to build a stage for his arrival.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
“It’s how to take technical deep dives into strategies and tell those stories in a neat, accessible way that’s relatable.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
When he helped with my math homework, he took fresh pages and, in precise and neat handwriting, wrote out the problems and showed me how to solve them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
But Georgia Stanway, this year's top scorer for England, once again turned up when they needed her to and she opened the scoring after a neat, incisive passing move, in a frustrating first half.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Behind me the clerk wraps up my blouses, unhurried, making a neat crease in the brown paper.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
As I thinned out the garage shelves—recycling old paint, giving away a box of used electric outlets, listing plumbing supplies on Craigslist’s “free stuff” section—the shelves grew neater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Roger Rose, from Burton Latimer, where Kettering's ground is, is repairing a previous "chicken wire" fence with neater plastic mesh.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2024
Using résumés always has kept the decision-making process neater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
He was dressed in a suit and tie, with his once signature curly, unkempt hair cut into a neater trim.
From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 2023
His hair is shorter and neater and he’s wearing glasses.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
Instead it was decided one big announcement would be the neatest option.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
I never thought he was the neatest person.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2022
The union drive was far from the neatest thing to roll off Chipotle’s famous burrito assembly line.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2022
“My mother kept it for Amelia. She thought it was the neatest thing. It was never about that boy she wouldn’t even name,” Twiggs said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
Alexander had the neatest handwriting and took notes on each applicant, while Beowulf and Cassiopeia escorted the ladies in and out of the parlor.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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