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It’s a neat trick — even when Vance does it.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
Perpendicular to that, there’s a lunchtime slop-bowl corridor, offering Just Salad, Dig, Cava, and Sweetgreen in one neat little row.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
“It was really neat to see it unfold because he sent an initial list and we were like, ‘Wow, this is great,’ ” LeMaire says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
A week later, the school’s possessions, including furniture, science equipment and athletic gear, had been organized, stacked in neat rows and put up for auction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
They were clothed for the hunt in scarlet coats, white trousers, and neat black caps.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
As I thinned out the garage shelves—recycling old paint, giving away a box of used electric outlets, listing plumbing supplies on Craigslist’s “free stuff” section—the shelves grew neater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Roger Rose, from Burton Latimer, where Kettering's ground is, is repairing a previous "chicken wire" fence with neater plastic mesh.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2024
It’s neater and easier that way because intersectionality is messy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
He was dressed in a suit and tie, with his once signature curly, unkempt hair cut into a neater trim.
From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 2023
I pick up the rake and start making the dead-leaf pile neater.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Instead it was decided one big announcement would be the neatest option.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
“It’s the neatest job I’ve ever had,” he said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
The union drive was far from the neatest thing to roll off Chipotle’s famous burrito assembly line.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2022
“My mother kept it for Amelia. She thought it was the neatest thing. It was never about that boy she wouldn’t even name,” Twiggs said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
I have the neatest handwriting in my class and get the highest marks on all my compositions.
From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani
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