Those furnishing a guest room or dorm would likely find a twin XL best suited for the space, and small children should do just fine with a twin mattress.
—
Sharon Brandwein,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
Reclaiming and then furnishing these apartments was both practical and emotional.
Biff shouts at him at the show’s excruciating climax) sways between light and dark, between the road and the deadly shoulder, advancing through his last hours on earth as if through the stations of the cross.
—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
Now the Democratic National Committee is advancing a resolution at its New Orleans spring meeting to condemn the surge of spending that has scrambled its primaries and exacerbated tensions within the party.
This measure demonstrates an economy’s spending versus its growth, and the risk associated with lending to a nation that isn’t growing fast enough to handle its spending.
—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
8 Apr. 2026
Sometimes, lending a sympathetic ear on the phone is awkward because there are no facial expressions to fall back on.
During the mid-1980s the nature of panda diplomacy shifted away from gifting pandas to other countries to loaning them.
—
Chinatsu Tsuji,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
Much later, Russia found another means of exerting control over the Persian crown, loaning millions of rubles to its rulers, like Mozaffar ed-Din Shah, who reigned from 1896-1902 and needed capital to fund his lavish lifestyle.
—
Daniel Thomas Potts,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
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