slot
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That’s because the U.S. is one of the Permanent Five, a group of countries including Russia, France, China and the U.K. that are given a permanent slot on the U.N.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
Five English teams will try to stop them with Arsenal the favourites to better their runners-up slot from last year.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
It was the start of the second quarter on Friday night, when USC quarterback Jayden Maiava spotted his budding star freshman soaring on a slot post through the wide-open center of the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Clay Travis and Buck Sexton have found their own kind of success in Rush Limbaugh’s old time slot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
My fingers shook but I kept on sliding coins into the slot.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
His place immediately before Trump's closing remarks gives him one of the most prominent speaking slots of the convention and an opportunity to address a party already beginning to consider its post-Trump future.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Atkinson slots in just below Tongue and Archer, who joked he could play until he is 40 given how his team-mates are sharing the load.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The county has enough licensed slots for only 4% of children younger than 24 months, according to a 2024 report from the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at UC Berkeley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The race’s 8,500 slots sold out in nine minutes, and the wait list is now three times the size of the field of competitors, according to race president Vincent Fabre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Maybe it will remain entirely random until the very last piece slots into place, when everything becomes beautifully obvious.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
Garcia-Leys said the plates could not be “used for a crime” or any other purpose unless they were slotted into a vest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
At the National Bank Open, held this year in Toronto, Canada, ticket sales for her opening round doubled the number of seats available in the venue she was slotted to play in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 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 first free-hit was heaved over cow corner for six, the second free-hit was swatted over long-on to bring up a 39-ball half-century and another maximum was slotted over the leg-side fence.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Icy air spouts from four slotted squares above our heads, a reminder that this room was intended to preserve seeds.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
“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
A little apart from them, an old woman was heading arrows: slotting needle-fine flakes of flint into the shafts, then gluing them in place with a paste of pine.blood and beeswax.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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