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put in a spot





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“When it comes to things like this, I feel like I’m put in a spot that I don’t think business owners should have to be put into,” Brown said.

From Washington Times • Oct. 31, 2020

Eliot Calhoun, a disaster planner for New York’s Emergency Management Department, said the smartest thing to do is stay put in a spot with as few windows and as many walls as possible.

From Washington Times • Jan. 17, 2018

The hazardous material, which possibly contained live Ebola virus, was put in a spot to be transferred to the second lab, CDC officials said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 24, 2014

He’s been put in a spot where there’s a lot of outside drama that people want to impose on a situation.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2012




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