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At a box in the back of the shop, there is a stack of envelopes filled with gift vouchers that can be picked up by anyone.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
What started for Mei as a "going out stack" before nights out soon spread to exams, speeches and debates.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Those savings could stack up over the year, he added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
For nearly five decades, they served up diner classics like steak and eggs and a hearty stack of pancakes while infusing the meals with touches that showcased their Chinese heritage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
I fold the comforter, turn the pillow to the clean side, and make a neat stack.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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Test your knowledge of the week’s big stories and see how your score stacks up against Slate’s VP of brand and communications, Katie Rayford.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
From here, Robert carefully stacks a Jenga tower of suspense-laden set pieces and surprisingly moving family drama, without so much as letting the structure teeter.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
If interest from Italy stacks up financially, it would seem to make sense for the former Bologna man to return to Serie A.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
See how your personal style stacks up with our quiz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
“Well, we intercept German radio messages at listening posts. Motorcycle couriers bring stacks of messages here all day and night. But we can’t read them.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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That means that for consumers, the total cost burden is likely to increase even if the tariff rates don’t change – because the new tariffs will be stacked on older ones.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
With two convictions and nearly $1 billion in damages already stacked up, Meta will face another trial starting this week about alleged harms to children in a case brought by four US states.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Tail Town’s main room is filled with stacked cat beds, an exercise wheel, two huge rectangular storage benches sprinkled with doughnut-shaped beds, and cat-themed art on the walls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
At facilities in Clifton, N.J., a laboratory table that normally sits empty is stacked six vials high with hundreds of feces samples, and scientists and technicians are working overtime to manage the brown onslaught.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
He stacked his singed furs onto his pack mule and left us.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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Early this month, a dejected Betts had as tough a time explaining to reporters why, despite hitting the ball hard and stacking disciplined at-bats, he’d had little to show for it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The next captain, Rodri's future, City's starting XI for Sunday's Community Shield against Arsenal - the big decisions are stacking up as Maresca begins to settle into one of the biggest jobs on the planet.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
They “had to find workarounds, whether through open-sourcing software, stacking less powerful and cheaper local chips, investing more in China’s electricity grid.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
More than a century ago, psychologist Wolfgang Köhler showed that chimpanzees could suddenly solve unfamiliar problems by combining objects in new ways, such as stacking boxes to reach a banana hanging overhead.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
Then imagine getting six cans of soda and stacking them in two towers close to each other.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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