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plug

[pluhg] / plʌg /






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But hospital administrators have been pulling the plug on those types of arrangements.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

In the labyrinthine alleyways of Cairo's Garbage City, recycling specialist Peter Romany finds himself fielding calls from factories scrambling for plastic to plug supply shortfalls caused by the Iran war.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

The embarrassing stories kept landing, and the man in charge of the Pentagon now needs the Justice Department’s help to plug a hole he cannot plug alone.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

Kernowfornia was the successor to Making Waves, which itself pulled the plug back in 2018 because of debts.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

He pulled the plug out of the wall socket and carefully wound the cord in circles.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

The base this plugs into is already large.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

When the antibody plugs into the capillary’s transferrin receptor, a portal through the blood-brain barrier opens up.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

Now would be a good time to use those ear plugs.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

There are plugs of grasses and gallon pots of white sage, purple sage, California buckwheat, long-stem buckwheat, deerweed, narrow leaf milkweed and coyote bush.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 26, 2026

Zethes and Cal spat the ice plugs out of their mouths.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Just because we’re plugged into those networks doesn’t mean we don’t care about privacy anymore.

From Slate Jul. 1, 2026

Once she’s plugged in, charged and becomes sentient like the rest of the toys in Bonnie’s room, Lily wastes no time shaking things up.

From Salon Jun. 21, 2026

I think there’s a big intersection in music fans who are digging deeper, and people who are more plugged into what’s going on in the world.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

“I just plugged in the numbers I was supposed to plug in,” she said in a lawsuit deposition.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

Still smiling, Dimple pulled out her headphones, plugged them in, and handed them to Rishi.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

And those attendees plugging the stadium into GPS for directions?

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

One key skill for the coming bot invasion: plugging in cables.

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2026

"There's still much room for improvement in coal mine safety, and plugging these gaps is of utmost urgency."

From BBC May 25, 2026

Perhaps plugging numbers into this formula brings it to life, just as the baker brings a recipe to life by mixing ingredients in a bowl and baking them in the oven?

From Slate May 25, 2026

Suing the rating agencies for the inaccuracy of their ratings, the Maine lawyers told them, would be like suing Motor Trend magazine for plugging a car that wound up crashing.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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