plug
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But after 60 days of being under contract, the buyer pulled the plug and walked away, Lori said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Lambda will use the data center Hut 8 is developing to plug in chips bought from Nvidia, which is also its investor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Consumer movements have sought to stop publishers pulling the plug on games they decide are no longer worth keeping online.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Once mounted, connect the microinverter and plug into a mains socket - ideally a external socket that is weatherproof.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
It had a plug on one end and a socket on the other.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
During her investigation, the 33-year-old discovered the range of cheap spycam technology available, such as cameras disguised as everyday objects such as pens, air fresheners and plugs.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The base this plugs into is already large.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
If she plugs up her ears, she doesn’t hear the buzz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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
Chucha and I will pass by the carport and overhear them discussing the carburetor and brake pads, points and plugs.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
"We've shown that when tissue-resident macrophages don't have EP2 on their surfaces anymore or when that receptor is plugged up by a drug, this decline doesn't happen."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
They plugged Travis’s core values into an app one of the friends built to assess compatibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
On Thursday, workers excavated a 3-by 4-foot area to find the source of the water, plugged the leak and resumed preparing the street to open.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
This gap is plugged - sometimes only partially - by parental support, part-time jobs and debt.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
He plugged the dish’s modem lead into his laptop.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
And those attendees plugging the stadium into GPS for directions?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
The people plugging this shortfall are buyers of U.S. debt.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Giuliani said that he and other security planners had been "planning with one hand tied behind our back" due to the shutdown, saying "we are still plugging a few of those holes".
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
One key skill for the coming bot invasion: plugging in cables.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
But instead of plugging your ears with your fingers and shutting your eyes and cringing, as you used to do whenever firecrackers went off, you handed me your bag of beads and picked up Kutti.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
