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Recent Examples of sit
Norway sat off during the second half, holding their 4-5-1 shape, and the Ivory Coast equaliser came about from a system switch and double sub.
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Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
Those terminals now sit ready, but long-term contracting and new upstream investment remain hampered by mixed policy signals on the future role of gas.
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David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Students submit their test scores, transcripts, a personal essay, two letters of recommendation from teachers and sit for an interview.
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Austin Horn
july 1,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
Frederick Douglass was invited only to sit onstage, not to speak.
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Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
1 July 2026
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Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
Those terminals now sit ready, but long-term contracting and new upstream investment remain hampered by mixed policy signals on the future role of gas.
—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Students submit their test scores, transcripts, a personal essay, two letters of recommendation from teachers and sit for an interview.
—
Austin Horn
july 1,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
Frederick Douglass was invited only to sit onstage, not to speak.
—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
1 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sit
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Linda Parisi, Blake Rakela’s defense attorney, has asked the court to set bail and allow her client to be released while the criminal case proceeds.
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Everyone is over the moon with the experience, especially Aesha, who can barely contain her happiness; the night set the bar very high for the rest of the season.
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Lacob was seated with her legs tucked underneath her on a fluffy couch in the living room of her Mediterranean-style estate.
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Fulton County commissioners have refused to seat Julie Adams and Jason Frazier to the five-member Fulton County Board of Registrations & Elections.
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Female Mexican fruit flies lay thousands of eggs in their lifetime.
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Roberts didn’t use Ryan’s name in laying this out Sunday.
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The collision killed Garcia, who was standing outside of his truck when he was struck.
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Soon after then-President Nicolás Maduro was captured by the US in January, Venezuela ended Cuba’s long-standing medical mission in the country, cutting off a key resource in underserved communities.
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This can be avoided by squatting, stretching and loosening up your joints before jumping.
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Police said Alston and her boyfriend, Halley Tejada, gained access to the Kips Bay apartment Vitels had just moved into on 31st Street and squatted there for two days.
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In addition to the fear of deportation, the ruling puts thousands of immigrants at risk of losing their work authorization and their jobs, according to a Haitian-American journalist.
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That lawsuit, in part, accuses City Attorney Miko Brown of pushing airport officials to investigate a charter airline's safety record -- not because of genuine safety concerns, but to create legal cover for a city council vote that put $90 million in federal grant money at risk.
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But that kind of partnership also spawned because of their circumstances both with their alliance and everything that happened afterwards.
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His passing spawned a slew of articles about the secret to extreme longevity.
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There are nods to the environmental devastation wrought by the cattle industry that dominated Southern California in the first half of the 19th century, as well as the Faustian bargain struck by Indigenous people who converted to Catholicism.
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That match was held before the game in Kansas City, and each time Cape Verde scored, there were cheers from the Colombia supporters at Arrowhead Stadium.
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“Sit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sit. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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