stationary
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Andrea, a 32-year-old mother who declined to give her surname because she felt ashamed of her predicament, tried to reinvent herself by starting a catering business after the stationary shop where she worked shut down.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
By the first week of January, she moved her belongings into a rented stationary camper situated on a ranch owner’s sprawling land, that they’d lived on for more than 25 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Through a joint venture with Seri Industrial, it aims to produce over 8 gigawatt-hours of lithium-iron-phosphate batteries annually and capture more than 10% of the European stationary battery market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Eight minutes later when she was outside the stationary police car, it was hit by another vehicle and PC Turnbull was injured.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
A stationary source of sound or light emits a set of spherical waves.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
When a man calls all he sees STRANgers, it's a sign he don't let the grass grow in the road for want of movin'; and a movin' man for me, any day, before your stationaries.
From Oak Openings by James Fenimore Cooper
Burn it in grates—cook with it—smelt metals with it—burn lime with it—drive engines, not locomotives, but stationaries, with it.
From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever
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