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Due to water damage, the now-warped back door would not close; he drilled plywood into the frames to secure the restaurant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
The low unemployment rate allows most Americans to feel relatively secure in their jobs and keep spending.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Like many large enterprises, the Defense Department is racing to secure cloud-computing power to support divisions such as the National Security Agency as well as warfighters using AI in their day-to-day work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Police have arrested a prisoner who escaped during a transfer from a secure hospital facility to North Manchester Hospital on Tuesday evening.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
What happened there was “part of a far larger movement...the effort of American Negroes to secure for themselves the full blessings of American life.”
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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
It is not for himself, primarily, that he demands larger liberties, securer rights, more humanizing conditions of life; but it is for his fellow-men.
From Essays on Scandinavian Literature by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth
A securer heritage, however, than parental savings, is parental faith and piety.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various
He found the barges unsafely bestowed, and suggested to the captain of the Hallam yard tug boat that he should tow them into a securer anchorage.
From A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs by Eggleston, George Cary
The securest hold was Adam Sandler's: his Grown Ups fell a negligible 14%.
From Time ● Jul. 11, 2010
Even threaten the securest position, when long continued.
From Time Magazine Archive
Asserted one of Thatcher's aides: "It's going to stimulate the economy, and expansion is the securest form of revenue."
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
Some of the men made for the fore-rigging, but the captain shouted to all hands to take to the mizzenmast, as that one, in his opinion, was the securest.
From Heroes of the Goodwin Sands by Treanor, Thomas Stanley
Kim secures a place in next year's Masters at Augusta National.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
China’s Taiyi Quantum secures $44 million in Pre-A funding, highlighting intensified state-backed quantum development as a national priority.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Unless a mayoral candidate secures a majority of the vote, the top two face off in a second round.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
NV Energy insists it will continue providing service while Liberty secures its own supply.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
Eventually, though, she secures her newborn in the den and heads back to the bamboo thicket to feast—crucial for her own survival as well as her cub’s.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
They had secured their insurance payout, gotten rebuilding plans approved and hired a contractor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Brazil-based rare-earth miner and processor Serra Verde Group said earlier this year that it had secured a $565 million financing package from a U.S. government agency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
In March, Realtor.com exclusively revealed that Plaza had secured a buyer for the residence.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
BBC News Pidgin found the agency had secured office space within the Federal Secretariat, the sprawling government complex housing many ministries in Abuja.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
For now, I needed to keep them safe while I secured the chicken yard.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
The Pentagon is seeking $30 billion in funding for a new initiative called the Artificial Intelligence Arsenal, which focuses on securing high-end AI chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Burnham is expected to be crowned Labour's leader on Friday after securing overwhelming support from the party's 403 MPs and the backing of major trade unions.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
While Russia managed to guard its upstream assets from Chinese ownership, Beijing held the upper hand on pricing, securing a heavily discounted rate tied to oil prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
It is clear, however, that the league is getting tired of not always securing participation from marquee players in marquee events.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Sick leave and pensions?” he said, pushing his head back onto his shoulders and securing it once more with his ruff.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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