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Steffi Cao argues that as gambling becomes a load-bearing pillar of the economy, trading cards are “basically the closest thing you could get to a sparkly cartoon slot machine.”

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

A festival slot does not guarantee that a movie will ever see the light of day with mainstream audiences, let alone get the wide theatrical release that “It Ends” is enjoying now.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

The other draw for players: claw machines leverage some of the exact same cognitive hooks as slot machines, said Elliot Ludvig, a University of Warwick psychology professor who studies rewards-based decision-making.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Elsewhere, Team GB's Amy Hunt takes the top picture slot after she won a unprecedented fourth gold medal at the European Championships.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Max slides the money into the slot, and the machine clinks and hums before it spits out a yellow card.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

Starting Sept. 15, the available Panamax slots will be further cut to 23.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

But Morozov said the program is speeding up now and she believed the 2,000 slots will be filled on time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Dropping below that begins to reduce the number of ESC slots available.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

But once followers get a handle on things and get one month ahead, the answers sort of become slots on a change-sorting machine.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Then she slots the record on the spindle of Etiennes electrophone.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

But even die-hard college football fans didn’t know Chambliss’s name when he slotted in second on the depth chart last autumn in Mississippi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Luz Mary Gonzalez, a teacher, sat on the ground with a dozen more volunteers, writing messages of solidarity to be slotted into donation boxes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

The ecosystem does not wait for evidence; it constructs a narrative framework into which evidence, if it ever appears, can be slotted later.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

Saka came off the bench in the 4-2 World Cup win over Croatia on Wednesday, and immediately provided an assist to fellow substitute Marcus Rashford, who slotted home England's fourth.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

"Do mine," Yoyo begged, and Papi placed a penny in the old man's slotted hands so that the coin looked like the wheel of a boat.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

“I see him slotting into relief and being a two-or-three-inning guy,” Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Paul went on his podcast armed with a whiteboard, slotting James into various imaginary lineups around the NBA—Minnesota, Denver, and Philadelphia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

There was mayhem at the packed gathering of fans on 17 June, when Argentina star Lionel Messi scored his first 2026 Fifa World Cup goal by coolly slotting the ball past the Algerian goalkeeper.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

His replacement Ordaz put the game to rest, slotting in from a mazy run down the left and low cross by Bouanga.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

I wasn’t interested in slotting myself into a passive role, waiting for Barack’s team to give me direction.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama