stables 1 of 2

Definition of stablesnext
plural of stable

stables

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of stable

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • In the last few days, Israeli forces have extended their incursion deeper into southern Lebanon and ordered new evacuations, while Hezbollah has continued to fire drones and rockets towards Israel and inflicted casualties on Israeli troops inside Lebanon.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
  • Ambiguous ‘yellow line’ When the ceasefire went into effect, Israel withdrew troops to a buffer zone demarcated by a yellow line, giving it control of just over half the strip.
    Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • The following year, in one of the most notorious incidents of the war, Naxals killed 76 members of the security forces in an ambush in Chhattisgarh.
    Dhruv Tikekar, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
  • The report notes that things like advertising IDs, location sharing (which is often enabled by default), and even browser fingerprinting (specifically in Google Chrome) have been used to track US forces deployed to active conflict zones.
    Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • The side rooms off the main gallery contain playful areas that everyone from kids to grown adults will enjoy.
    Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
  • During the news conference, Fullen called game rooms a menace to society that contributed to drug crimes, prostitution and violent assaults and robberies in the city.
    John Wayne Ferguson, Houston Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The bank is also hiring 1,000+ business bankers across its 5,000-branch network, nearly doubling its corps of Senior Business Consultants, and expanding its Coaching for Impact program to graduate 115,000 small-business owners across more than 80 cities over the next 10 years.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 May 2026
  • Iran and the pre-midterm election economy are topics expected to dominate Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting, one of almost a dozen convened by Trump during his second administration and most of which have been open to the press corps.
    Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • This cloud of gas forms when a star sheds its outer layers near the end of its life.
    Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • Once someone contracts norovirus, their body sheds billions of tiny, contagious virus particles.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Butlers, guides, and hosts work seamlessly together to anticipate your needs and make even the earliest morning game drives feel comfortable.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • While the network did not immediately respond to USA TODAY’s request for additional information regarding guest hosts and schedule, Ana Navarro is expected to expand her on-air presence while Behar is away.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • The entire thing is a beautifully chaotic blank canvas for Sacramento’s music community to collaborate and mishmash within itself, to forge a platoon of one-off troupes and ramshackle supergroups — check out some prior videos on the event’s Instagram.
    Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
  • Today, seven all-female troupes ride among some 300 male ones.
    Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That sounds like a figure of speech because nobody camps out overnight for tickets anymore.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Now a grandmother, the 65-year-old often camps with up to four generations of her family, from her husband to her grandchildren.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Stables.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stables. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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