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Citi strategists say markets can keep rallying on limited Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes — two or three — owing to strong earnings growth, solid labor markets and largely stable, even if above-target, inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Metlen said the partnership opened up an alternative, stable long-term source of natural gas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The man is in a "serious but stable condition", national broadcaster ABC said, citing local health authorities.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Nats, the UK's air traffic control provider, has said flight operations are now stable but airlines have warned of continued knock-on disruption.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
They’d found separate places to change clothes in the stable before heading into the market, and now he was wearing a plain brown kaftan instead of the white one befitting a servant of the temple.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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The estate included "historic outbuildings, former stables, ancillary structures and formal gardens", and sat within Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, also known as the Brecon Beacons.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
He bought the West 37th Street stables in 1979.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The three stables that house the carriage horses sit on prime real estate in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Authorities also issued a warning for the equestrian stables at El Rodeo Equestrian Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026
She had seen the final destruction of her stables, her barns dragged off by the storm, but she had managed to keep her house standing.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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This new object is another with a very elliptical orbit, but it is stabler than 2017 OF201, which suggests that no large planet, including a hypothetical planet nine, is significantly affecting its path.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026
“Whether it is stabler than we thought, or we just haven’t hit the air pocket yet, I don’t know,” he said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
Plus, the bond was thousands of times stabler than that of the next-strongest naturally occurring molecular suitor.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 28, 2021
The Queen has urged world leaders at the COP26 climate summit to "achieve true statesmanship" and create a "safer, stabler future" for the planet.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2021
But the thought flits through my mind, There have got to be stabler things than love.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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Russell and Hawn famously have one of the stablest relationships in Hollywood, so you have to wonder how they looked at this script and thought, “Yup, that seems normal – sign us up!”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2018
It hasn't been the stablest year for MakerBot.
From The Verge ● Jul. 24, 2015
The prior studies simply targeted and featured the stablest, most educated gay couples.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2012
After 55 years of a generally prosperous "continuing revolution," Mexico has become the stablest major state in Latin America and an outspoken independent in international affairs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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For a long time at least the stanchest, strongest and stablest part of Canada's people must be rooted to the soil.
From The Canadian Commonwealth by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
At the time of the epidemic, more than 80% of the country’s 8.4 million horses were stabled on farms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The ordinance defines these operations as any facility that includes animals stabled or confined for 45 days or more in a 12-month period.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
Afterward, EO is relocated to a farm, where he’s stabled alongside a white stallion whose privileged status doesn’t protect it from human desires and designs.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
An unnamed filly trained by Jorge Abreu and stabled in Barn 86 was sent to an equine hospital track after coming down with a fever.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
Somehow, Finn got home, stabled and watered the mare, patted the goat, stumbled into the house.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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She said: "I have 12 horses to look after - four of them are elderly and require stabling most nights."
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023
Soon after, Churchill Downs announced it was suspending Baffert for two years through spring 2023, prohibiting the seven-time Derby winner from stabling or racing at tracks owned by Churchill Downs Inc.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2021
Danzing Candy won't have any accommodation problems, as stabling at Churchill Downs is free, although the hay, carrots and mints are extra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2016
Millfield's resources are truly staggering: an equestrian centre, stabling for 50 horses, a 50-metre Olympic swimming pool, Tartan athletics track, playing fields, a putting green, an indoor tennis centre and a fencing salle.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2012
"Innkeep," a servant's voice called out behind her, "we have horses that want stabling, and my lord of Lannister requires a room and a hot bath."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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