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plate

[playt] / pleɪt /




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Will Smith walked in four plate appearances, marking just the second time he’s reached base in the postseason.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Shohei Ohtani took batting practice ahead of Game 1 of the NLCS, but will he find success at the plate against Jacob Misiorowski?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Now it is difficult to find running or walking shoes that aren’t raised on a platform of puff, some with the added oomph of a layer, or plate, of carbon fiber.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Nineteen times this season, the Rays executed a bunt that resulted in a run crossing the plate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

I picked up my plate, stared at the watery gray porridge, and handed it silently to her.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

A number of civil lawsuits have been filed against shoe manufacturers by track stars, including an Olympian, who allege, among other things, that wearing high-stack shoes with carbon plates caused injuries that derailed their careers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

"Discharges seep into the water, flow into the nearby river that irrigates farmland, and end up in the fruit and vegetables on our plates."

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Zhang allegedly later sent two license plates to the official, which Holt said were registered to the target of their surveillance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

After she downsized, she opened her cupboard and showed him four plates, four saucers, four cups and four bowls.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Then Ray brings out plates and silverware and glasses of lemonade.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Shohei Ohtani plated a run on a force-out, Mookie Betts drove in Kim on a sacrifice fly to tie the score and Freddie Freeman bounced a double off the right-field wall to drive in Ohtani.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

The fossil, which comes from a plated dinosaur that lived about 150 million years ago, is also helping researchers propose a new explanation for how stegosaurs evolved and spread across the world.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026

What follows is a steady stream of beautifully plated courses, served at a comfortable pace.

From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026

It is plated with 99.9% pure platinum and is marketed as “invite-only,” though anyone can request access on Robinhood’s website.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026

Now we just call it “Millenium,” and it is a stretch of bare land and several rusted metal sculptures—one an abstract, plated mammoth, another shaped like a lima bean that dwarfs me in size.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

She once filmed herself plating an elaborate dessert—a petit gâteau in the shape of a Christmas ornament from the Miami bakery Bachour—only to have it slip off her spatula and break.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Series creator Christopher Storer conveys this in the briefest, tightest shots of hands lovingly plating food, as well as in panoramic views of the series as a whole.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Gold and silver plating of idols and temple figurines, mostly paid for by devotees, is common across temples in India.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025

But while Grossman’s defense team seized on the plating issue to paint Erickson as a lawbreaker, the lead prosecutor dismissed the revelation as a years-old red herring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

But Aureliano spent the money on muriatic add to prepare some aqua regia and he beautified the keys by plating them with gold.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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