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Recent Examples of put by When the smoke cleared, leaving stains on the green that didn’t affect their shots, Scheffler, who missed birdie puts by inches on 16 and 17, came up an inch short again on his 26-footer. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024 Truman answers the questions put by Pearl’s diners. Liz Smith, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024 This could be tariffs on Chinese imports put by the Trump administration, the soaring price of shipping during the pandemic supply-chain crisis, higher wages to attract workers or bad harvests of specific ingredients like cocoa. Alina Selyukh, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024 Savings after selling a big home and buying a smaller one are negligible Older homeowners who want to downsize have been scared into staying put by how expensive a smaller home would be in the current market. Anna Bahney, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024 He could regularly be seen alone, grinding on the range or practicing putting by himself late in the afternoon or evening during tournaments. Bill Pennington, New York Times, 15 June 2023 At a time when increased remote work capability is leading more workers to relocate across state lines while keeping their jobs, employers can encourage them to stay put by offering housing incentives. Jeffrey C. Taylor, Fortune, 6 May 2022 Trump, put by Swan in the unusual position of having to defend himself, turned into a Roman candle of incandescent, colorful excuses. Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2020 In the past few months, anecdotal evidence emerged that some landlords were taking advantage of tenants’ strong desire to stay put by jacking up their rent, a trend hardly in line with the narrative of a mass exodus. Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 15 June 2020
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Verb
  • Wise minds inside any presidential administration would quickly sell every barrel of oil presently stored in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Most of that ends up in the Wayback Machine, while the rest is digitized analog media — books, television, radio, academic papers — scanned and stored on servers.
    Emma Bowman, NPR, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Easy to stash in a purse or beach bag, the stick swivels up so no sharpening is required—nor is a brush.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Some people stash it in inconspicuous places around the house, a habit that experts say can lead to trouble down the line.
    Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • While telecommunications cables have been laid in trenches 8-km deep, power cables are much thicker and heavier, so placing and even transporting them is more challenging.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2025
  • For two years, he was chained to his hospital bed without access to any form of entertainment, left to lay in pain and listen to the hum of medical devices.
    Daniel Eduardo Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025

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