How to Use the stand in a Sentence
the stand
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This necklace was one of the stand out pieces of the 2024 SAG Awards.
— Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 -
Even the plaintiffs in Held v. Montana showed this on the stand.
— Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 12 July 2023 -
One of the stand out campaigns came from Google, for the Pixel 8.
— Sonia Thompson, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024 -
Jade takes the stand to tell the jury what happened in her own words.
— Tracy Smith, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2023 -
The red bow held water for the tree and the openings at the top of the stand fit the keg tap, beer line and picnic faucet.
— Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023 -
Hill pleaded not guilty and took the stand in his own defense.
— Deena Zaru, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2023 -
Here was the proof that held up as Dr. van Pelt took the stand against Holocaust denial.
— Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2024 -
Sarah Turney took the stand as a witness late last week.
— Serena Lin, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2023 -
Originally, the stand was in the vestibule inside the store.
— Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2023 -
His tee shot on the 18th came to rest on the edge of a deep pot bunker, leaving him no place to stand but some 4 feet down in the stand.
— Apress, Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2024 -
In the summer of 2003, Frey took the stand as the key witness in the prosecution’s case.
— Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024 -
Because the stand was locked to the tree, the suspect used a chainsaw to try and take the whole kit and caboodle.
— Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023 -
With a steady rain, high winds, and temps in the mid-20s, the 40-year-old Arkansas native just couldn’t sit in the stand any longer.
— Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2024 -
On Friday, Pelosi, 84, took the stand as DePape faces state charges for the attack.
— Louis Casiano, Fox News, 31 May 2024 -
Paul Pelosi took the stand Nov. 13 and recounted publicly for the first time what happened the night of the attack.
— Olga R. Rodriguez, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2023 -
The suspect was then forced to leave their saw in the tree, where it was eventually found by the hunter who owned the stand.
— Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023 -
Even his own uncle is expected to take the stand against him.
— Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024 -
Corado has been working at the stand for four years while being mom to her young son, Nick.
— Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023 -
After Bell’s mother made a statement, Bell took the stand.
— Emily Longeretta, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024 -
McCraney took the stand in his own defense during the week-long trial.
— Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 28 July 2023 -
And Eric Trump is set to take the stand again in his father's civil fraud trial.
— Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023 -
Jabbari was on the stand for four days as a witness for the prosecution.
— Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2023 -
Though Copeland also took the stand in June, most of his testimony has been stricken from the record.
— Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024 -
On the stand, she was shown images of Schroeder and their child trying to feed Schroeder a pickle.
— Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2024 -
Those are really brave women who came forward and took the stand.
— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2024 -
The most striking evidence in Majors’s case was Jabbari’s four days on the stand.
— Vulture, 14 Dec. 2023 -
Not including the stand’s depth, the screen portion of the iMac is an incredible 0.44 inch thick.
— Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 20 May 2024 -
The defense did not call Mr. Weisselberg either, nor did Mr. Trump take the stand in his own defense.
— William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 27 May 2024 -
The prosecution sought the death penalty, even persuading David Smith to take the stand.
— Sean Keane, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024 -
At trial, the prosecution called to the stand Amy Detweiler, the officer with Coy during the shooting.
— Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
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