secure
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The league announced the four-year extension Sunday, with Goodell’s deal running through March 31, 2031, which would secure his 25th year on the job.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
With the exception of around a two-week period, most sailors on the Petersen still had access to email on shared computers with a secure internet connection, said Shepardson, the machinist’s mate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
In her new memoir, Vigilauntie, which was published on Thursday, the actress shared that both incidents happened in her 20s, as she was struggling to secure a role.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
A new bill aims to secure U.S. supply chains and elevate the Commerce Department to lead national quantum policy.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The challenge was coming up with a system that was secure, practical, and speedy enough to be used for thousands of messages a day.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
By the time of his silver jubilee in 1935, the position of this reimagined British monarchy was securer than it had ever been.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2022
In general, it was not a year in which the older novelists made their reputations securer.
From Time Magazine Archive
One shell from the "Oquendo" crashed through the pilot-house of the "Texas" just after Captain Philip had left it for the securer retreat of the conning tower, and one exploded in the smokestack.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by W. C. Jackson
Buys Neumark from the fallen Teutsch Ritters, and generally establishes things on securer footing.
From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin
I must see you Olinda, whatever I hazard, and since you refused to let me a securer way, how could I neglect so favourable an opportunity?
From Olinda's Adventures: or the Amours of a Young Lady by Anonymous
The securest hold was Adam Sandler's: his Grown Ups fell a negligible 14%.
From Time ● Jul. 11, 2010
Vickers, the securest of Otellos onstage, does not always seem comfort able on vinyl.
From Time Magazine Archive
The odds are that Poetry London-New York will not prove the securest of jobs for Tambi.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even threaten the securest position, when long continued.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was part of the proudest, strongest, and securest system of his time.
From Venetian Life by William Dean Howells
A chip nobody else would want secures nothing, because a lender who seizes it has nothing to sell.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Replimune secures FDA approval for Tudriqev on its third attempt, making it the company’s first product on the market.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
If the petition secures 218 signatures from House members, the full House will vote on the bill.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Watch the dramatic third-set tiebreak on Centre Court between Karolina Muchova and Coco Gauff which secures Muchova's place in the Wimbledon 2026 final.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
“You must have some of your clothes that you want washed, too,” she says as she secures the tape around the plastic supports.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
The EA said "all children with a statement of special educational needs starting nursery, year one or year eight secured a school place ahead of the new school year".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
In the weeks leading up to the first Super Bowl at SoFi, there were misguided rumblings that the game might be moved to Dallas, because the NFL had secured that city as a backup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Wooden—who, like Grand and Maxwell, quickly secured legal help from an experienced member of the Supreme Court bar—won his case 9-0.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Ghana turned to the IMF amid spiralling debt, soaring inflation and a plunging currency, and subsequently secured a $3 billion programme in 2023.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
My attention was on High John as he laid Ayanna down on the broadest part of the giant crow’s back and secured her with rope.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Bronkhorst and Walters also describe better customer service than they found when considering other countries, including help in securing medical visas and a higher level of English-language proficiency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Defending a capital or helping loyalist forces defeat a mutiny requires fewer resources than recapturing and securing vast areas affected by an insurgency.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
If history is anything to go by, the Tigers may already have gone a long way towards securing their most important objective of the 2025-26 season - preserving their top-flight status.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Among the Houthis’ aspirations, according to the briefing, is securing al-Shabaab’s help deploying radar to monitor ships in the waters they share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Verin nudged the assassin aside and moved past him, easily securing his own rope.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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