floor
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Moving makes more sense if you believe it would be expensive or impractical to future-proof your current home, with bedrooms and a decent bathroom on the ground floor.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
They used powerful airgun arrays to generate seismic pulses that traveled through the crust beneath the ocean floor.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Ewbank's said "jaws hit the floor" when the man presented his 42 sets of cards to them.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Somehow the burst only caused minor scratches on his floor, he said, but his entire neighborhood was littered with blown trash cans and stray tree limbs, not to mention the severe damage to the course.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
She unhooked a clasp around her neck, sending the bone collar clattering to the floor.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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The developments soothed worries on trading floors about the outlook for the AI boom, which has seen companies pump hundreds of billions into R&D, software, building data centres and other hardware in recent years.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Polishing the concrete floors of the garage also saved money, which made sense since the ADU is often used as a pool house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Tau Robotics’ humanoids vacuumed my floors and wiped my counters — with some help from humans behind the scenes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
The transformation included “painting and repairing of floors and all stonework,” as well as the addition of “new lighting and staging.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
I was imagining concrete floors and mice skittering about, but the sofa bed is unfolded and covered with a thick quilt.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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I was floored by what I could create with flour, eggs and sugar.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Ahead of the G-7 leaders meeting in Evian, France, Carney met Macron in Paris and French officials came away floored by how fast the Canadians wanted to move.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Obviously the guy was floored just to see me, let alone to see Mark,” Kasten said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Sir Rod Stewart said he was "absolutely floored" and Rolling Stones legend Mick Jagger called her a "wonderful songwriter and singer" who "brought so many people together".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Well, you can imagine how this floored the real Beatrix.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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According to the property listing, the residence features imported marble, hardwood flooring, intricate millwork, architectural columns, and three fireplaces.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
"It was absolutely empty - no furniture, no cooker, no fridge, nothing and no flooring," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The small house includes a functional kitchen, wood flooring, and a bathroom, allowing the researchers to recreate ordinary household cleaning activities.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
He first ripped out a patch of artificial grass—a creature comfort running down the middle of the facility—and replaced it with rubber flooring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
These he covered with plywood flooring, making a large, rectangular platform, roughly the size of his room at home.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
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