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In some parts of the U.S. territory, their numbers have climbed as high as 30,000 snakes per square mile.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
It covered about six square kilometres of heather and small trees at its height, with more than 500 firefighters tackling it.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Together they have mapped about 15 square kilometres of critical habitat.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Sprawling across 7,190 square feet, the lavish abode also boasts a saltwater pool, a tennis court, a greenhouse, an antique barn, a treehouse, and other features.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
In the square, they wrung out their clothes and assessed each other for bruises, and for a moment, the giddy pleasure of not being dead transcended everything.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Cut the pastry into roughly nine 3-inch squares and tuck each one into a prepared muffin tin, leaving the corners to rise jauntily above the cups.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Thousands of fans filled the Ángel de la Independencia, the Zócalo and other squares across the country, as well as watch parties in cities like Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Journalists reported seeing police and military personnel in main squares on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
In nearby La Paz, military police and navy personnel guarded the presidential palace and police tactical units were stationed on main squares.
From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026
Like the number of squares on a chessboard—an irony that nevertheless cannot be pressed too far—he was sixty-four.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
His jaw was squarer and facial hair thicker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
It's Amy Jones's turn for consecutive fours, whacking Rameen Shamim through mid-wicket before going squarer as she plays a lovely sweep shot that sees the ball race across the outfield and to the ropes.
From BBC ● May 10, 2024
I’d wager somewhere in that territory, but hopefully it won’t be much longer before we find out the full story — and learn the differences between the Sub Mini and its larger, squarer sibling.
From The Verge ● Jun. 2, 2022
The modern human talonid gives their teeth a squarer outline than those of Neanderthals.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 8, 2022
My jaw looked squarer, broader, my neck thicker, with a bulge of Adam’s apple in the center.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
America’s most middlebrow casual restaurant, with America’s squarest CEO, selling fried cheese and margaritas and fajita plates that you can eat off for days.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2025
Who jorts have been claimed by — punk rockers, pop stars and rappers, the squarest middle-aged men on weekends — is simply the narrative sewn on top of the real narrative.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
“He thought I was the squarest person and replied, ‘What planet are you from?’”
From Fox News ● Jun. 6, 2019
His face is full and oval, his jaw " one of the squarest and most determined in the United States," with a friendly, boyish and disarming smile.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of them, a very short older man with the squarest, broadest face of orange-brown I’d ever seen, said something to them and they all began leaving.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
The ant experiences acceleration exceeding 1300 meters per second squared before becoming tangled in the web.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
"I've had to sort a huge carpet for the swimming pool, which is around 170 metres squared."
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
And she adds: “The court’s apparently oblivious insistence to the contrary today cannot be squared with what Callais said on its face just over one month ago.”
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
At every level of Brunson’s career—from high school to two national championships at Villanova to the NBA—he squared off against players who stood taller, ran faster and jumped higher than he did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
I looked closely at the wide-set eyes and squared jawline of the young man.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
It was hard squaring the hulking mass of midshipmen who would nearly trample me at Herndon with these two polite teenagers prone to nervous laughter.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
The episode aired in 1948, but the idea is strangely valid today, except that it’s Elon Musk squaring off with himself.
From Barron's ● May 24, 2026
OpenAI was squaring off against its largest shareholder Microsoft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
That's before you get to the matter of having accounts signed off, squaring matters with the Electoral Commission, and then stumping up deposits for candidates.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
Her parents squaring off in the open doorway of their bedroom.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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