pad
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The facility is the first dedicated landing pad at the White House.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
That has helped pad the industry’s bottom line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
In the days ahead, teams will move the Roman observatory to SpaceX's hangar at pad 39A.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Hilton resided in the elegant pad just before she splashed out a staggering $63.1 million to buy Wahlberg’s former estate.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Gasping, coughing, I pad forward, one step, two.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
“Tragically, a southern pacific rattlesnake was hiding under the brown padded envelope and bit Addy’s left hand,” the family wrote on the fundraising page.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Fraudsters can be in search of higher pay from padded credentials or may have more sophisticated schemes in mind, like gaining access to company data.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
She cocked her head, padded cautiously across the patio, and hid beneath a chair.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
In part for that reason, his narrative gradually comes to seem padded and repetitive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
He followed her mentally as she left the reserve, swam across the wide waterway, reached the island’s shore, climbed up the bank, crossed the path, disappeared through the trees, and padded beside a twisting creek.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
There was the helmet with a safe amount of padding and the padding-deprived helmet that may have been obtained with a vanilla sundae at Dairy Queen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Do I need to hire more people? Is this going to slow down at all?” says Porter, who attributes the surge in part to stock-market gains padding boomers’ retirement savings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Those who describe their career strategies as "lily padding" are always on the lookout for the next opportunity.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
There was Molly Hollis, a middle-aged, Midwestern former schoolteacher whose creation required body padding and a wig; a flamboyant redhead; a nearly invisible elderly woman; and, most uncannily, Reichl’s own mother.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
The entire clan of the sphinxes followed behind, walking four abreast, padding on vast lion feet across the sand.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
