settle
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Instead of allowing lithium to collect unevenly in certain areas, the tiny structures provide a more uniform distribution of locations where it can settle.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
The acquisition nevertheless marked another significant investment in the area where Manning has chosen to settle after his football career.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
So why, then, is it so awkward for us to settle those tabs with each other?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The fine is the largest to date against Meta, which has either been fined or agreed to settle several other lawsuits this year, including an $18bn deal with California.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
I stretched my foam pad and sleeping bag out in the sled to settle in for the night.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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December Brent crude settles down 0.7% at $108.79 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Once the dust settles from these market selloffs, gold and silver prices often rebound quickly due to bargain buying, Samuelson said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026
City have appealed against the verdict, but until the dust settles and final decisions are made, this Premier League season is in a holding pattern.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
“Verity” is no different, allowing Johnson to move her character between suspicion and warmth with languid ease as she settles into Verity’s Vermont home to work.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Father settles on a price with the innkeeper, and soon the innkeeper’s wife appears with cool juice for us to drink.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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Google settled both cases without admitting wrongdoing, but paid what was then a record $22.5-million civil penalty the second case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
This more settled weather pattern currently looks like it might continue for much of the first week of November.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Snap and TikTok settled with KGM ahead of that trial.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
The first, over how much higher interest rates need to go, gets settled at policy meetings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Now, though, a silence has settled over us.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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The 6 Music Festival has been running since 2014 and initially was a roving event, moving around the country each year before settling in Manchester in 2023.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
The pair toured the house multiple times in 2014 before settling on an $88-million monolithic mansion in Bel-Air three years later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Here’s what to consider before settling on your own retirement number.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
In the weeks after, shares fell below the IPO price, before settling around $148, giving SpaceX a valuation of about $2 trillion in recent days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
“Anyway, my real name is Luc L’Enfant. I told you we would meet again. You are settling in?”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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