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Generations of matchmakers would ply their trade to set up successful marriages, and word spread.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The archipelago nation of 116 million has a long history of disasters involving the inter-island ferries that ply its seas.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Ships continue to ply the Strait of Hormuz, though in much lower volumes than in June and July, when a ceasefire prevailed for part of the two months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Their squad arguably possesses less individual talent - only four of their 26 players currently ply their trade in one of Europe's top five leagues.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Up and down they swayed, thresh and ply.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Orange Lutheran, which is 3-1 after shutting out Gardena Serra 35-0, is next playing Sierra Canyon, where former teammate and senior defensive lineman Marcus Fakatou now plies his trade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Sheinbaum's interest in her art had "changed her life," the trained business administrator said in Oaxaca in southern Mexico, where she now plies her art.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

One Colombian pilot who plies the Caribbean said crews look for any advantage, from sailing at night or in rough weather, even in storms when Colombian government patrol boats might stay in port.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

It concluded that not a single vessel was safe and the dive boat industry in Egypt "plies its trade largely unregulated".

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2025

GOFF, and the Man, I sing, who, em'lous, plies The jointed club, whose balls invade the skies, Who from Edina's tow'rs, his peaceful home, In quest of fame o'er Letha's plains did roam.

From Poems on Golf by Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society

At a nearby beach resort, a high-speed Coast Guard vessel plied the waters for two people still missing after swimming in waters that churned violently as the quake struck.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

The problem: The bay is one of the world’s most bustling shipping areas, plied by ferries, oil tankers, cargo vessels and cruise liners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

“The Gilded Age” has always plied high-toned melodrama as its chief asset, but Season 3 ripens the starched formality of previous episodes into succulence.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025

As mouse-eared pilgrims plied the sidewalks outside, the party faithful — meeting several long blocks from Disneyland — engaged in their own bit of escapism and magical thinking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025

They were probably going to eat at one of the soup kitchens that plied their wares in the Cow’s Guts.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Where exactly Irving got the name “Sleepy Hollow” is uncertain, but some historians point to the Dutch “Slaepers’ Haven,” an inlet that may have provided refuge for sailors plying the Hudson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The squad is brimming with international talent, many of whose profiles and personal sponsorship agreements benefit from plying their trade in the Premier League.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Of course, Na is toying with his audience’s show me anticipation, while plying his trademark humor about rural sensibilities and desperate needling behavior.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Over 1,200 companies were taking part in the expo, according to organisers, plying their wares to the tens of thousands of attendees there for a startling variety of motives.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

The net effect was that for all his quiet humility the man’s wide-ranging knowledge and quiet eloquence commanded absolute respect, and never more than when he was at work in his shop, plying his craft.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown