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Recent Examples of shingle
Noun
Deratany also serves as a producer through his shingle Reel Red Films.—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025 Located at the end of a dirt road and cul-de-sac, the modernist, split-level home had wood-shingle exteriors, huge living room windows, two large decks with bay views and a patio and garden.—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
The wood is treated to keep out termites and moisture, and the whole thing can be painted and shingled to match your home.—Clint Davis, People.com, 20 July 2025 It is housed in the historic Captain Pollard House, a federal-style shingled home.—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for shingle
In Benghazi’s Ganfuda Detention Center, dozens of young women and girls crowd the floor of a warehouse strewn with foam mattresses and the plastic-bag detritus of an itinerant life.
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Mick Krever,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Among the sea of urban detritus that seemed to stretch for miles, the line itself could not be seen from the IDF outpost.
The floods have also left 11 people missing, inundated more than 116,000 houses and 5,000 hectares of crops, and damaged roads and railways, cutting off traffic and power in several areas, the government’s disaster agency said in a report.
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Reuters,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
Prices could stabilize, but not decrease, by next year as crop yields have increased, said David Branch, a sector manager at Wells Fargo Agri-Food Institute.
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