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steadying

verb

present participle of steady

as in underlying

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These issues could be patched, but the underlying threat was existential.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
The United States upheld the underlying security and economic order that made these offers possible.

— Claas Mertens, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026

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The Hurricanes took the lead back after Xavier Lucas, who was playing in his first game since sustaining an injury in the season opener, recovered a Riles fumble (forced by Ethan O’Connor).

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
Two of the estimated 400 firefighters assigned to the Norte Fire were stabilized at a hospital after sustaining unspecified injuries battling the blaze, McGovern said.

— Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026

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Black, a district alumnus, is running on a platform of bolstering the district’s college and career readiness programs and boosting teacher retention.

— Sophia Veneziano, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026
Rather than bolstering support for traditional hunting practices, the constitutional amendment could make sportsmen and women pariahs in the public’s eye and invite further ballot initiatives.

— Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026

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Protesters, many of whom have been seen carrying Palestinian flags, have set fire to historic buildings and attacked civilians.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2026
Mitchell Fairbarn was captured on surveillance video carrying the 27-year-old Chilean flamingo, Peachy, to his room after removing the bird from its enclosure at the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in March.

— Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2026

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