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[web] / wɛb /


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Executives at the conference listed the challenges to ramping up output: power cuts, a small pool of experienced contractors, and the difficulty of securing project financing while navigating a web of U.S. sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The stolen data included annual income and personal-loan limits of some customers, which could be sold to scammers or traded on the web.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

According to the Bryn Walker web page, the brand operates six company-owned stores “and wholesales to around a thousand boutiques nationwide.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Register.si spokesperson Klara Herman said 44,000 web addresses with the .si suffix had been registered in September, compared to less than 2,000 in August - an increase of more than 2,100%.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

As Melynlas cantered over the frosty ground, Taran caught sight of a glittering, dew-covered web on a hawthorn branch and of the spider busily repairing it.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

Their results showed that bonnetheads in Biscayne Bay and Tampa Bay occupied distinct food webs and experienced dietary changes as they grew.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

They form webs of businesses without storefronts that are owned by other businesses, passing vast sums of money back and forth and even overseas with minimal oversight.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Alongside covering roads in huge nets to stop drone attacks, both Russia and Ukraine have fired thousands of tethered fibre-optic attack drones -- with the webs of discarded cables stretching for dozens of kilometres.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

They spin a variety of amazing webs, from the typical orb web, with its hub-and-spoke pattern, to funnel-like tube webs and sheet webs that can drape over an entire landscape like a shroud.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

In the webs above the statue, something moved—something dark and large.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

The revolution will not be televised, but it might have webbed feet and bulging eyes.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025

According to her testimony in court records, police had told Napoletano, falsely, that webbed footprints had been found at one of the crime scenes, footprints that could have been left by Sindle’s webbed feet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024

LaJoie estimated the webbed glove was worth three counts of drag for Logano.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024

Back in the forest, a Wallace’s flying frog sprang from a tree—its spindly legs and webbed toes spread-eagle—seeming more bat than amphibian.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024

He could no longer use his webbed hands to propel himself forward; he worked his flippers furiously, but Ron and Fleur’s sister were like potato-filled sacks dragging him back down.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

It involves wearing a special suit with webbing to allow mid-air lift.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The local authority advised people not to be concerned about the "harmless" white webbing seen in trees in Belle Isle Park, Exeter, caused by an infestation of caterpillars.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

To hold the cane webbing in place, add wood glue and a reed spline — a continuous strip of material that fills the gap.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

In the next at-bat, they took their first lead when a two-hopper from Gavin Lux went through — literally — the webbing of the glove of Padres first baseman Jake Cronenworth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

Once we’ve all climbed the platform, rope webbing spans the sky like a huge spiderweb.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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