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[tay-buhl] / ˈteɪ bəl /






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"It just wasn't going to work now," he said, sitting at the dining room table in the home he grew up in.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The table also includes ratios of price to tangible book value, which is book value net of intangible assets, such as goodwill and loan servicing rights.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Everything is on the table for me,” Paxton said when Carlson suggested he should run.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

"The numbers that have been put on the table still present a wildly unaffordable increase and we are therefore nowhere near an agreement."

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

I turn it around in my hands, nod my head toward the kid on the other side of the table.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

For years, I sat at kitchen tables with couples in their 20s and early 30s who had a car payment, credit-card debt and kids they wanted to send to college one day.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

He leaned heavily into stories of his own financial hardship during his younger years, of living paycheque to paycheque and waiting tables at the traditional southern style restaurant chain Cracker Barrel.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

“You have restaurants that are simply saying, ‘Look, I can’t afford to put salsa on the tables anymore,’” Galeazzi said.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

Herman also creates ceramic tile-topped tables that are modular.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

It makes me smile to think of someone like Tank sitting at one of Birdie’s lace-covered tables with a teapot in front of him.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Privately-held Stripe and Advent tabled an offer to buy PayPal for $60.50 a share earlier this month, Reuters and the Financial Times reported, citing unnamed sources.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The government has now tabled amendments to the bill, which campaigners have said means there would be no exemption for the intelligence services and ministers believe would not compromise national security.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

The legislation, first tabled two-and-a-half years ago, seeks to regulate so-called "ultra-fast fashion" companies, known for selling large volumes of lower quality clothing at rock-bottom price.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

The council’s five-member rules committee tabled those ideas, saying they need more study.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

They had settled what they could, tabled, what they had to, and begun the chicken a la king lunch over which Alice had taken the greatest pains.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

Roberts said he hoped tabling throwing, at least for now, could help Ohtani’s offensive production.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Speaking on Monday, Sir Chris said the government would be tabling amendments to the legislation in the "next few days".

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

The event will highlight Indigenous identity, art, dance and history and include performances, art workshops, educational videos and tabling by student and community organizations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025

Anwar, who took power last November, announced the measures while tabling 2024 federal budget in Parliament.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

The meeting ended with Eisenhower tabling Stassen’s plan, ostensibly for the moment.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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