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[sit] / sɪt /




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South-west England and eastern Wales could hit 25C, while northern England will sit around the low 20s Celsius.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

I’ll sit with her for like two hours while life is happening, watching the roller skaters, the families, the cool outfits, the riffraff.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Often times, data centers need to sit close to power substations and fiber lines, which often means edging up against suburbs and exurbs where people already live.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

Uber’s own cuts are aimed at “broadening manager scopes” and cutting the number of people who sit seven or more layers from the CEO by 20%, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wrote to employees Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

I sit back down on the sofa and wonder how long before the aspirin kicks in, because my head is still killing me.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Instead he asked the crowd to join him in singing Happy Birthday to the US superstar, who was sat in a private box, while sparkler-like fireworks erupted in the sky.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

At the table beside us sat a family of three: an elderly couple and their adult son, who had the restless energy of someone forced to sit at the dinner table against his will.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Picturesque villages of green paddy fields and houses sat beside vast chunks of land washed away.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

While arenas sat empty and the sport sat idle, a representative for Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard named Dennis Robertson wanted $10 million more dollars a year for his client.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Many nights after the door was locked and the shutters closed, I sat on in the flickering gaslight, poring over old inventories and wholesalers’ statements.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Investors regard Bloom’s solid oxide fuel cell as a robust source of power to sate data centers’ endless appetite.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

I always order chicken sate and the green papaya salad.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 2026

It has said it can help sate power-hungry data centers, electric vehicles and growing industries.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 10, 2025

The travelling India press pack is large and unrelenting and Gill struggled to sate them.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2025

That evening, a small company, consisting of Bono; my mother; the cook, Aina; and Nancy, the laundry-maid, sate by the fire in my mother’s room.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

After these grants, the parliament was dissolved, which had sitten near two years and a half, and had undergone several prorogations; a practice not very usual at that time in England.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. by David Hume

This year, the council of Trent was dissolved, which had sitten from 1545.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. by David Hume

And over that to mi matiere Of schrifte, why we sitten hiere In privete betwen ous tweie, Now axeth what ther is, I preie.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by G. C. (George Campbell) Macaulay

A resolution was therefore taken to dissolve the parliament, which had sitten during this whole reign; and soon after to summon a new one.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary by David Hume

And so they arose and did their homage, and when they were gone Merlin found in every sieges letters of gold that told the knights' names that had sitten therein.

From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory

Chris Cline was sitting by a hotel pool with his wife last month before attending an American Farm Bureau Federation conference in New Orleans when he got a text from an unknown number.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Santos, 22, dovetailed well with Mount during the early pre-season games, sitting deep and screening the back four.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

I’m more interested in a company sitting directly at the intersection of aging, GLP-1 weight loss and cosmetic restoration — and I’m already accumulating shares.

From MarketWatch Sep. 5, 2026

These breaks are a welcome respite from long stretches of sitting and screen-based learning, which is common in some classrooms despite questions about its efficacy.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

I was bolt awake now, sitting up on the bedroom floor, ripped from sleep by a smell from the kitchen.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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