slot
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Soon after entering Disneyland, I secured an 11:50 a.m. slot on my favorite ride, Space Mountain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The third slot remains up for grabs, with neither Josh Tongue nor Saqib Mahmood consolidating their place in the side.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
In the top slot for the Financial Times: investment management firm BlueCrest "questions UK as a business destination after £200mn tax defeat".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
JPMorgan moved up the league tables to the top slot in foreign exchange, and it has stayed high in the rankings ever since.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
There was a little brass lamppost near the food slot.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
An additional 24 matches would require 20 schedule slots.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
"Prime take-off and landing slots, growth in higher margin holidays and an order book of shiny new Airbus aircraft make it very appealing," he said, adding that EasyJet "should go for more" than the offer.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Out of seven drama supporting actress slots, four went to “The Pitt,” including nods for Taylor Dearden, Fiona Dourif, newcomer Sepideh Moafi and last year’s winner Katherine LaNasa.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
Even with the expansion, the state funds enough slots to subsidize only about 18% of eligible children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
I watch Elsie scribble Department of Magical Science as her top choice and then quickly fill in the other four slots.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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
Screws with a cross-shaped head were shown to outperform those with a slotted head because a cross-shaped driver “sticks” inside without slippage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
The visitors took a deserved lead when scrum-half Bracken collected from a ruck to glide past Cokansiga on his inside, dotting down for a try that Farrell slotted comfortably.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
Freshman Nola Matthews was slotted into the floor rotation to replace the injured gymnast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
With Teller’s dawning realization that he might not be slotted in for the role of supreme authority at Livermore, his old habit of undermine-and-conquer returned.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
It’s an admirable acknowledgement of those behind the scenes, slotting film reels into the Dryden’s 75-year-old projectors, summoning shimmering worlds before our eyes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
The machines will excavate and construct the tunnel as they move, slotting concrete segments into place.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
It took just five minutes for the French superstar to open the scoring, slotting home from just inside the area after Fede Valverde knocked on Mastantuono's cut-back.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
And the finish did not disappoint, with Van de Ven slotting the ball past goalkeeper Dominik Kotarski, before being mobbed by jubilant team-mates having scored one of the great Champions League goals.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
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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