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Recent Examples of sillPolice later found a silver revolver loaded with five bullets on the window sill, with its barrel pushed through the partially open window, according to the report.—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2025 One photo shared by CBS News Pittsburgh showed a shattered window, any showed claw marks by a different window sill.—Angel Saunders, People.com, 7 June 2025 Or start an herb garden on a window sill or grow a houseplant.—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025 Like the vehicle’s scoops and spoilers, the dihedral doors don’t simply look dramatic but are purposeful in design, in this case aiding access by incorporating sections of the roof and sill.—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sill
His paws dangle over the side of a broken beam, with a metal wall at an odd angle behind him.
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Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
Military radar systems, which are more like a lighthouse beam sweeping the sky, generate bursts of radiation with peak emissions reaching 1×10¹⁴ watts.
Just remember that all-purpose cleaner is not suited for porous materials like wood, stone, or any unfinished surface.
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Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
9 July 2025
Regional artists will be exhibiting such items as paintings, graphics, photography, mixed media, jewelry, ceramics, sculpture, glass and wood, a news release on the event said.
Emergency repairs began the following month, with work crews replacing dozens of broken or weakened braces that support the wooden structure.
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Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 July 2025
Demand for new homes dropped to its lowest level in nearly three years last month, according to the latest data, as builders across the country brace for a significant slowdown in construction in the coming months.
Clean up piles of footwear scattered across the floor and stay organized with a shoe storage cabinet.
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Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
2 July 2025
The Wall Street Journal wrote about how the robots are getting flipped over, stuck in snow piles and some students have been found to sit on them, or trip over them, when drinking.
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Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
Steph Curry, having already unwrapped his thumb splint and taken off his ankle braces, asked for them back from the training staff in case Kerr wanted to go back to him.
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Anthony Slater,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Crucially, the muscles of stags that had been hunted to death contained higher levels of lactic acid, while deer from a slaughterhouse who had their limbs immobilized in a splint before their death had lower levels, suggesting that the acid was generated by physical exertion.
So the team that came on to bring us through post is a murderers’ row of talent.
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Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
5 July 2025
The episode came as the government was forced to U-Turn on cutting welfare benefits for millions of disabled people, after a rebellion from MPs that has raised questions over how long Reeves or even Prime Minister Keir Starmer might last in their posts.
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