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Nancy Guthrie spent Saturday night eating dinner and playing games with family members before one of them dropped her off at her home in a well-to-do Tucson neighborhood that sits on hilly, desert terrain, the sheriff said.
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Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
Scherr was dressed out, but sat on the bench with what appeared to be a brace for support for her back.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
The property sits on a 5,148-square-foot lot.
—Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
With snow sitting on the ground, inconsistent heat and hot water has plagued the Beach 41st Street complex for a while.
—Allen Devlin, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
For lunch, there’s the Beach Café, which sits on the sugar-fine sands of Endeavor Bay, and offers a crowd-pleasing array of pizzas, sushi, tacos, and salads.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
The three-building, two-story complex sits on less than an acre with 21,776 rentable square feet in a mix of two‑ and three‑bedroom units, each with a fireplace.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
Gibbens went viral this week after sitting on the ground to accommodate reporter Dave Stevens, who was born without legs, during a media day interview.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2026
These companies are betting that customers will want agents that are deeply embedded in their ‘systems of record’—where the data actually lives—rather than a generalist agent from OpenAI that sits on top of every system.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
Scherr was dressed out, but sat on the bench with what appeared to be a brace for support for her back.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
The property sits on a 5,148-square-foot lot.
—Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
With snow sitting on the ground, inconsistent heat and hot water has plagued the Beach 41st Street complex for a while.
—Allen Devlin, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
For lunch, there’s the Beach Café, which sits on the sugar-fine sands of Endeavor Bay, and offers a crowd-pleasing array of pizzas, sushi, tacos, and salads.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
The three-building, two-story complex sits on less than an acre with 21,776 rentable square feet in a mix of two‑ and three‑bedroom units, each with a fireplace.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
Gibbens went viral this week after sitting on the ground to accommodate reporter Dave Stevens, who was born without legs, during a media day interview.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2026
These companies are betting that customers will want agents that are deeply embedded in their ‘systems of record’—where the data actually lives—rather than a generalist agent from OpenAI that sits on top of every system.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Sit on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20on. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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