as in mounts
a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else
built a new mounting for the engine
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The items include bed frames, bedding, pillows, white-noise machines, area rugs, desk chairs, TVs and TV mounts.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025 -
When staffing dips, the pressure mounts.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Nov. 2025
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This includes the land on the shores of the Narta Lagoon that Subashi and his fellow villagers say were stolen from them.—
Lindita Cela,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Along the shores of Grand Traverse Bay in northern Michigan are vineyards lined with neat rows of grapevines.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Nov. 2025
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Contemporary accounts speak to the cruelty and exploitation that were pillars of economies of the time.—
Valerie L. Myers,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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The geologic monocline extends almost 100 miles and is surrounded by white sandstone domes, towering monoliths, and otherworldly pillars and arches.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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Despite Pacheco being banged up, the Chiefs decided to stand pat at the deadline and not offer reinforcements for their star quarterback.—
Andrew McCarty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Ukrainian Military source / via Reuters Kononchuk hopes that these reinforcements will stabilize the situation.—
Elmira Aliieva,
NBC news,
5 Nov. 2025
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There are very few supports for parents from the government, and many families are isolated from extended relations and communities that might be able to offer a helping hand.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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One such community violence intervention in Chicago, called Create Real Economic Destiny, uses community organizations to identify the individuals most at risk of being involved in violent crime and recruit them to receive supports such as mental health care, mentorship, education and job training.—
NPR,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Pam takes a seat in a blue-and-chrome chair and looks at Bella as a tiny girl on the beach and Bella in her choir robe and Bella smiling with braces on her teeth.—
Allegra Goodman,
New Yorker,
4 Jan. 2026
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The sort of uncool even someone very uncool like me would have known enough to conceal—me who wore khakis and played oboe and had braces and yes for a phase had basically no friends.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Mountings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountings. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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