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Thanks to smart reinventions and remakes, the series has managed to stay relevant, selling a total of 213 million copies since its debut.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“I’m going to stay as focused as possible on kitchen-table issues,” she said during an interview at her Wilsonville office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The elder Buffett will stay on the board.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
“We want people to stay in these positions because when the fires hit, we can’t be asking where is the fire force,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Makes sense. When I called to check in, I suggested you stay at Ruby’s tonight. He leaped at the chance to be alone.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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It would be hard to find a more L.A. scene than the one playing out downtown in the normally staid Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez United States Courthouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Nowhere to be found: staid family sedans, cheap hatchbacks or frumpy minivans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
But he’ll return, as a ghost, to criticize his son, who, admittedly, has grown staid and stale in his life, his marriage and his work, whatever that’s been.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Commodity price hikes do the same, only more rapidly, while stock market rallies offer higher-yielding alternatives to their staid relations in the fixed-income market.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
RON enters on a staircase, his side parting now super-aggressive, his robes just a little bit too short, his clothes now spectacularly staid.
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
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Rory McIlroy stayed in contention with a five-under 67 to sit four strokes behind second-round leader Ryan Gerard at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
One of the few who stayed in place was Pete Golding, Kiffin’s former defensive coordinator, who has been struggling to escape his old boss’s shadow ever since.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Afraid to enter their own home, Mark and Rita stayed with a friend for another month or so.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
But he stayed throughout the hearing, which lasted one hour and 15 minutes, showing no emotion and seeming to follow proceedings through headphones.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
“It would be easier for him if you just stayed at the school here.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Treasury yield is likely to stabilize near term, staying in the 4.90%-5.10% range, says SEB’s Jussi Hiljanen in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham Tolentino told AFP that while all the country's athletes have secured a bed, some officials and coaches were staying in "different hotels and Airbnb".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
According to the AP, a former receptionist at the Hôtel de Pourtalès, where the fashion mogul was staying when she was robbed, was awarded the equivalent of $126,472 in the civil damages ruling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
That discrepancy aside, this family — staying within standard spending guidelines — spends 90% of their income on taxes and needs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
He was looking forward to staying on the farm, learning about circuses … and Nicole.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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