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place

[pleys] / pleɪs /








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But I couldn’t quite figure out her place in the story.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Meanwhile, the whist drive ticket, priced at 6d or sixpence, would have taken place during the reign of King Charles III's grandfather, George VI, hosted by the Buckingham palace social club.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

After swinging from victory to victory, the Tom Holland and Zendaya-led blockbuster caught second place this weekend, bringing in another $8.4 million, for a global total of $2.45 billion over its seven weeks in cinemas.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

The good news is that researchers are developing therapies that do what was once thought impossible: regenerate cartilage, boost the knee’s natural ability to heal, and prevent cartilage breakdown in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

The night wind breezes by, saying siyo—this isn’t a place it usually sees you.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

It said there were fewer homes available to rent and - with potential first-time buyers put off by higher mortgage rates - competition for rental places in some areas was more intense.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

When the state’s three-strikes law still imposed mandatory life sentences on anyone with two or more prior convictions for violent felonies, California needed places like Susanville to put its skyrocketing prison population.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

Trading high-tax states for places like Florida, Arizona or Nevada can unlock home equity and shrink state income-tax bills.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

The approach could provide a new way to reuse difficult waste while also helping produce food in places where conventional supplies are limited.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

Renate arranged for Mutti to teach at her school, and found places there too for Karli and me.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Roses are placed on the tables where supporters nibbled from snack plates, hugged, all smiles, and sipped from glasses of sparkling wine or beer.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

If Garrett, 30, is placed on injured reserve, he would be forced to sit out at least four games.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

Those techniques do not work particularly well for qubits placed inside phononic cavities.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

His running between the wickets is jittery and he is rarely placed in an important position in the field.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

He took off his wristwatch, placed it on my workbench, and leaned forward.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

"Paradoxically, by placing additional constraints on the unknown absorber, we might have made the mystery even more intriguing," said Janusz J. Petkowski of Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

A mystery user earned about $22,000 placing bets on the quarterly earnings of companies such as Wells Fargo, the Home Depot and DoorDash, according to an analysis from Bubblemaps, a blockchain forensics firm.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

The Lucas Museum pushes that approach further by making storytelling — not chronology, geography or medium — the organizing principle for an entire institution, placing illustration, comics and commercial art inside a curatorial framework.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

You are also placing an estate-planning nightmare in the hands of your other son.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

Time for the Marvel Examination and placing our Level Ones into their Paragons.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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