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settle

[set-l] / ˈsɛt l /






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But something happens when you settle in, even to a place that’s on nobody’s bucket list.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

The Trojans managed a clunky 12-play opening drive, with King Miller doing most of the heavy lifting, but were forced to settle for a field goal.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

While Villa look in better shape as new players settle, Spurs have thrown money at their problems after two relegation battles, but are no closer to solving them.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

“Don’t default to say ‘no’ and settle into what’s comfortable.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

One of Devlin’s men rattled by on a cart with a few pieces of furniture: a wooden chair, a settle, a pile of rusty tools.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Once Roman settles into its orbit around L2, maintaining its position should require only periodic station-keeping burns about once every 28 days.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

WTI settles down 0.5% at $101.91 a barrel and Brent falls 1% to $104.82.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

“Widow’s Bay” occasionally flirts with satire, but it settles down with self-aware sincerity.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Brent settles up 3.4% at $101.21 a barrel, and WTI rises 3.2% to $96.05.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Charlie giggles and settles into Mama, and for a quick second, I wish it was me sitting there, close to Mama, laughing.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

In 2000 the SEC charged him with fraud in a case he settled without admitting wrongdoing, agreeing instead to pay a $350,000 fine and disgorging $8.3 million.

From Slate Sep. 20, 2026

The cost of goods, meanwhile, has settled down after a big pop when the tariffs were first put in place.

From MarketWatch Sep. 19, 2026

After three suboptimal innings, Glasnow settled down in a trust-building exercise of an outing against the Giants and their triple A-caliber lineup.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

Merck’s father had established its American arm in 1891 and settled the family in Llewellyn Park, N.J.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

And so I settled in behind Betsie’s table, writing down sales and repair charges, recording cash spent for parts and supplies, and leafing through past records in growing disbelief.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Yet the yen still lost value relative to the dollar after the move, falling to nearly ¥158 per dollar and settling at ¥157 from about ¥156.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Sultan added that the motion was "not about settling a political score with any particular person".

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

An aperiodic monotile, by contrast, can fill a surface without ever settling into a repeating arrangement.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

That relationship takes physical form inside the Melrose Hill shop, unfolding through a two-part imagined landscape that evokes an alien presence settling into the familiarity of a suburban setting.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Facing an uncertain fate, he fought in the Spanish Civil War, eventually settling in Chile.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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