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[pleyt] / pleɪt /




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Social media videos have shown arguments among queue-jumpers and those patiently waiting their turn to touch the metal plate that marks the top.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Thomas did his part at the plate in both weekend games, however.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

A gun's rear sight and a musket side plate found nearby offer some support for that interpretation.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

The former England Under-21 international then played with a metal plate in his foot from January until the end of this summer's World Cup in North America, where he made four appearances for Germany.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

“Um…” My plate is empty, so I should be eager to hang out with Emma and the kids, but my limbs have grown tired in the bright sunshine.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

A restaurant on the corporate campus, the Bourbon Street Cafe, offers employees lunch on Lenox plates inscribed with a quote in the founder’s handwriting.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Indonesia is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity, lying along the meeting point of three major tectonic plates.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Out in the parking lot, I hung out for some time before another car arrived, a blue Chevy Silverado with Illinois plates.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

Geologists have determined the sounds are from shifting tectonic plates, creating underground rumblings that are amplified by the topography.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Then she got up to clear the plates while the boys left the room.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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

Within a few years the academy switched to a lighter tin-based alloy known as Britannia metal, plated in layers of copper, nickel silver and gold.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 12, 2026

After more strolls along the tundra, I dine at Grill It restaurant, where winter appears plated rather than resisted.

From Salon Mar. 8, 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

Instead of plating a large piece of chicken with sweet potatoes and rice on the side, transform those same ingredients into a sweet potato risotto with chicken.

From Salon Mar. 30, 2025

The chemical, a white crystal-like solid with a faint almond odour, is used in industry for metal cleaning, plating and extraction, and photography.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2024

The tank holds hexavalent chromium, a reddish-brown solution widely used in plating that has been shown to cause lung cancer in humans if inhaled.

From New York Times Mar. 15, 2024

She finished plating the slice of pie before she left the counter.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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