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safe

[seyf] / seɪf /




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"Every culture has been represented, every tradition. Everybody who has wanted to take part in the Fleadh has been afforded the luxury to do so in a safe and comfortable environment," he said.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

That advice ranged from talking about safe investments for long-term holdings to recommendations to buy individual stocks before they popped.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Low-dose digoxin was also found to be safe and relatively easy to use.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

Unfortunately, many Americans don’t always have the time or live in safe enough neighborhoods to exercise, which can make the diet’s lifestyle components tricky to adopt.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

“No. The secrets he makes you keep are safe with me. I understand your fear.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

While spy agencies have long relied on local agents for tasks that insiders can accomplish best—like unlocking doors, cracking safes and planting bugs—the new agents would do more than assist.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

We crouch down on the floor in front of a row of safes.

From BBC May 8, 2025

In March, investigators searching Combs’ Holmby Hills mansion emptied safes, dismantled electronics and left papers strewn in some rooms, sources told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2024

The sources said that it appeared investigators searching Combs’ L.A. home emptied safes, dismantled electronics and left papers strewn in some rooms.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2024

Grandpa loved the dustiest stores best because they were the ones that would have uncracked rolls of coins in the backs of their safes.

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Such monitoring could improve space weather forecasting and contribute to safer, more dependable satellite operations in the future.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

But they also found practical accommodations that could make clinical care feel safer and more empowered.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

While grid battery storage is already growing in the U.S. at a furious pace, new sodium-based batteries are potentially cheaper, longer-lasting, safer and more reliable than conventional, lithium-based ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

In the end Amira and her family decided to flee early in 2025, desperate to find a safer area.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Holding on to Rani, who's as firm as a tree rooted in the ground, I feel safer, because the waves feel plenty rough.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

David Jones, consultant ophthalmologist at Royal Cornwall Hospital, said the safest way to view the eclipse was through certified eclipse glasses that met the ISO 12312-2 safety standard, or by viewing the eclipse indirectly.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

She told Papin it was too late to evacuate—the roads out of Biscarrosse had been barricaded—and that the safest thing to do was to stay in the house.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

“The school site is the safest place for our students to be.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Researchers would also need to determine the safest and most effective timing for each switch.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

That would be the easiest, safest way, but the cost for both would be over $20,000.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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