placing
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The duo avoided placing blame on Herbert’s trend of postseason woes, offensive line construction or Roman, a similar retread of talking points from last year’s post-hoc presser of vague talking points.
From Los Angeles Times
They are of the same era—fanciful and fantastical embodiments of the enterprise, leisure and sense of possibility America was placing on offer, despite the decade of Depression and war’s looming storm clouds.
We dragged a large chair and a lounge to the center of the room, placing them before Madam Lucille’s low table.
From Literature
The researchers suggest that management practices such as providing supplemental water, placing hives in shaded areas, improving hive design and insulation, and ensuring access to high quality forage may become increasingly critical.
From Science Daily
On Friday, however, he made noise in a different sphere by placing an obscure financial term into the political lexicon: “Uninvestible.”
From Los Angeles Times
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