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battings

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plural of batting

as in naps

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It can also be used during short daytime naps, providing real-time acoustic guidance during sleep onset.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2026
Amazon’s end-of-month deals include portable chargers to keep your phone out of the red, neck pillows for in-flight naps, and noise-canceling headphones for catching up on podcasts between connections.

— Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2026

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Penn State's offense dominated third downs early, gaining an average of 17 yards on their six first-half third downs and finishing 7-for-14 on third down and 2-for-3 on fourth down.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Colasante immediately completed a 7-yard pass to Anderson, and Collins picked up a first down with a 10-yard run, but Naperville North turned the ball over on downs at their 42.

— Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

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In Alexandra township, where the road to the River Park Library voting station is filled with potholes, leaking sewage and piles of uncollected waste on the sidewalks, many still came out to cast their ballot.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
Tech stocks have sagged as investors grow concerned over their ballooning debt piles at a time of rising interest rates.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026

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The fog rises from Mount Tamalpais like a spirit, slowly billowing over spears of feathery redwoods and fluffs of fragrant bay laurels.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Scoops of fluffs and salads that are part fruit and part pudding are essentially required at church potlucks.

— Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 24 May 2026

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Investigators found in a closet dozens of Louis Vuitton handbags lining the top shelf, many pairs of Christian Louboutin boots and a display case full of handbags made of exotic furs.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
The Hollywood Reporter got a sneak peek of Meemaw, which sees Barr running amok in thrift store furs at rooster fights — closer in tone to trailer park comedy like My Name Is Earl than the three-camera repartee of Roseanne.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026

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