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Weghorst then capitalised on his former United team-mate McTominay's mistimed jump to head in another, before Malen signed off the trouncing by sturdily staying on his feet to poke in a fourth.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024

Several recipes for The Best-Ever Beans that I tried out during the pandemic turned out sturdily good — a fine side dish or light supper, nothing superlative about them.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2023

The character is as impish and sturdily resilient here as she is traditionally docile and vulnerable.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2023

It was sturdily built with a steel jamb, impossible to kick in.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2022

All this was surrounded by a white picket fence built so sturdily that the Chateau Martinez was the only place in town which had never been desecrated by Pacheco’s pig.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols