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open door





open-door


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Prof Nellis said that while Scotland has been slow to embrace GPS technology, the campaign could now find itself "pushing at an open door" because ministers are actively exploring ways of reducing the prison population.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Smoky, savory and bright all at once, it’s especially good eaten straight from the fridge while standing in front of the open door, deciding whether you’re actually hungry enough for a second bowl.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

In an era when even New Zealand is looking to increase defense spending, calling on Pacific partners to take on more of the defense burden is pushing on an open door.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

And wow did they waltz right through that open door.

From Slate ● May 23, 2026

I’m daydreaming, staring out the open door at the sky when the brakes start their piercing shriek and everything lurches forward.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

With an open-door policy, the mission has been a refuge for as many a 1,000 people, at one point putting up hundreds of cots nightly in its chapel to accommodate women from the street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

His deployment of troops to fight jihadists in Somalia, and an open-door policy to refugees, won favour from foreign donors, even as they triggered corruption scandals at home.

From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026

Humanitarian agencies are urging the Ugandan government to maintain its open-door policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

“You can walk into any of these buildings,” Frost said, explaining the open-door policies at federal agencies he encountered during his first term in Congress under President Joe Biden.

From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2025

But the open-door Babycakes policy didn’t mean it was okay to skip stuff that the class was doing.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold


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