open doors
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Mastering English can open doors, but what if you wish you didn’t have to walk through them?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
He apparently accompanied Mountbatten-Windsor on some of his international, taxpayer-funded trips as a trade envoy, using his Chinese connections to open doors.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
“That doesn’t suddenly make this market affordable for everyone, but it does crack open doors that had firmly shut when rates peaked.”
From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026
The researchers say this new perspective could open doors to future treatments designed to support the brain's own protective responses.
From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026
Feels her way to the wardrobe, climbs through the open doors, closes them gently behind her.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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