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Tzolis arrives in north London on the back of the best season of his career, but things haven't always been plain siling.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Whether or not Argentina lifts the trophy again, the lesson is already out on the field in plain sight every time Messi touches the ball.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

But now that every team knows how to do more with less by playing “Moneyball,” the richest clubs are back to buying wins through plain old money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Langer’s charges $24 for a plain hot-pastrami sandwich, while New York’s Katz’s Delicatessen charges $28.95.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

He first took a bite of the plain.

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

It is essential for cattlemen in the western plains who have for years been shrinking their cattle herds in response to droughts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Priyadarshini said she has long been interested in studying spiders that live at high elevations because those environments differ greatly from the lowland plains in both vegetation and landscape.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

“Little House on the Prairie” is the third television adaptation to bear the name of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s 1935 autobiographical novel of life on the Kansas plains in 1869 to 1870.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

"Gus" lived during the Maastrichtian period, some 72 to 66 million years ago, which was characterized by a warm climate, high sea levels and vast floodable coastal plains.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

The usual description of the duel’s location—the plains of Weehawken—is misleading.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

He is also often being asked how to zhuzh up plainer fare or find satiety with smaller portions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

His brother Andy, who makes up the final third of the band on drums, it was even plainer than that.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025

For example, Chinese zhajiangmian is usually plainer than Korean-Chinese jajangmyeon, which is coated in a thick sauce of fermented black beans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

We can’t put it any plainer than he does: These assaults “are a direct result of multiple systems’ lack of appropriate resources, placements, and services” for kids in dire need.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

Now I go only at night when all is plainer: plain-lit shapes inside, his face and radio ringed with bright devil halos in kerosene-lantern light.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

In “Love and Summer,” William Trevor’s novel of doomed romance and quiet resignation, even the plainest sentence conveys roiling emotion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

Mr Duck KC said: "It was the plainest of intrusions and the fear it caused was inevitable."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025

In plainest English: If the people with the heaviest vehicles made do with slightly less, the impact to the safety of their lives would be literally zero, and thousands fewer people would die.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

Brushing ahead all that geeky frippery, though, and what’s plainest about that scene is how unsettling it is.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2025

I fiddle with the curly mass of my bangs and slouch down, feeling like the plainest girl ever next to the fashion plate that is Katherine Deveraux.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland