solid
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The airline said strong passenger and cargo demand also contributed to the solid results, even though jet-fuel prices surged during the second quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
In a day of action at Syston Brook, volunteers mucked in to shovel "absolutely solid" silt out of the concrete-bottomed channel, which was then removed by the Environment Agency.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The veteran leftist's administration boasts solid economic growth and record employment levels.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
“If they’re not solid doors, it’s an indicator of how the rest of the house is put together,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Autumn’s solid, glowing red eyes swing toward me.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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After college, he tried going West and struck gold with mining equipment that helped separate solids from slurry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
According to the researchers, the result acts as a direct quantum mechanical signature of angular momentum conservation inside solids.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026
Nestle reformulated products, no longer meeting the 20% cocoa solids threshold, and created cocoa-free items from sunflower seeds and oats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Ashley said biodegradable bags could also help, adding that food recycling was for solids only, not for milk or sauces.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
The nested Pythagorean solids also made no allowance for the existence of the Earth’s moon, and Galileo’s discovery of the four large moons of Jupiter was also discomfiting.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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There’s a scene in the 1981 Bill Murray film Stripes where a solider introduces himself to his colleagues as “Psycho,” though his real name is Francis.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026
It was not clear whether the solider who died was among that toll.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
Packaged in cosplay costumes — cowgirl, solider, even firefighter and pilot — we were supposed to see her as strong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
“When I first started, I almost gave up because it was very difficult, but she told me you must solider on,” he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2024
It was over the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and I’d gone in disguised as a British solider.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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John Martin, in The New York Times, hailed it as an unlikely success, “the solidest foundation that has yet been laid for the development of the art of ballet in America.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
They persisted in seeing it as the solidest, most plausible candidate.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 2011
Chicago fetes John Madigan, friend of pols, scourge of peers For some of the solidest citizens of Illinois, Dec. 7 was something more, much more, than Pearl Harbor Day.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The value of the Swiss franc, the world's solidest currency, has increased 5% since last September, while the West German mark has risen 3%.
From Time Magazine Archive
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However, as she leaves my solidest authors also on their heads, men beyond the peradventure of such antics, I must consider it but a part of her carelessness, for which I have warned her twice.
From Journeys to Bagdad by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)
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