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Dunn, 36, then had to shine a torch through the window of a neighbouring property to wake up another resident who was sleeping with an eye mask on and ear plugs in.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

When the antibody plugs into the capillary’s transferrin receptor, a portal through the blood-brain barrier opens up.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

To charge it at home, I used my Level 2 charger with an adapter, since China uses different plugs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

There are plugs of grasses and gallon pots of white sage, purple sage, California buckwheat, long-stem buckwheat, deerweed, narrow leaf milkweed and coyote bush.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

When she takes him in his pram for his immunizations at the pediatrician’s, she stands outside the room and plugs up her ears.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri