shingle
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Agents hung up their shingle in even the smallest of towns, becoming part of the community they sold to.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
Leonard said one of the main species the initiative aimed to protect was the ringed plover, a small coastal bird that nests directly on beaches and shingle.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
Wonder Project, the shingle behind hit TV series ‘House of David,’ is among a wave of Hollywood production companies bringing ‘faith programming’ into the 21st century.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
His memories alight on his father, Wheeler, an attorney who turned down a high-paying job in Chicago to hang out his shingle in Port William.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
I pulled out my pocketknife with my other hand and drove it through the shingle into the wooden wall of the cistern, pinning my makeshift piece of sygaldry under the water.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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