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But no players are ready to take their chips off the table.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
She is "really concerned that the UK is not ready or prepared for this".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
"I tell them they need to get ready and that if they show no signs, we'll be able to release them," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Content creators have built massive audiences by filming seemingly mundane routines, from getting ready in the morning to eating lunch.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
Lloyd was ready to rip out a whoop, but I put a lid on him.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Melody Butiu, who plays the Siegels’ Filipina nanny and indispensable factotum, has a readier place in our hearts for all that she has had to sacrifice to support her distant family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025
Depending on the expertise and equipment at a given location, however, many patients in Germany currently have readier access to CSF analysis than to amyloid PET.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
For instance, clinical malaria is known to exhaust T cells, he says, and vaccination, by preventing infection, might therefore leave T cells readier to combat other pathogens.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 23, 2023
But Forsythe has given signs he may be readier to play than was commonly thought, performing admirably in pass-rush drills, in particular.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
It has always struck me that were newspapers better able to see the virtue of this figure, they’d be readier to print apologies.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Moore might not just be the best high school quarterback in the nation but also the readiest for the college game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
Reid has been with the Seahawks the longest, playing in the final preseason game, and Carroll said he is the readiest to contribute as a result.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
The readiest way to make sense of him—and to hold at arm's length the pathology that overshadowed and overpowered and informed his genius—is to approach him as some kind of martyr.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2013
Our dialects are often the weapon readiest to hand in that fight.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2012
His first proposition and request, that the dance begun at Mr. Cole’s should be finished there—that the same party should be collected, and the same musician engaged, met with the readiest acquiescence.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
They also readied the committee for an economy that shifts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
On the beach in Gaza City, the trio laid out their boards on the sand while they warmed up their limbs and readied their gear.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Five minutes to showtime,” said Lil Miss Hot Mess, drag queen and hostess, as Latine drag kings El Daña and Manny Oakley readied themselves for the spotlight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
Luna then coordinated with Leger Fernández, who had readied an expulsion resolution against Gonzales, to force out the pair almost simultaneously.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
Finally the score was tied nine to nine, and the family on the sidelines readied themselves for a denouement.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
My arms are extended at my sides and I’m leaning forward slightly — not unlike a 3-year-old pretending to be an airplane readying for takeoff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
He also encouraged landowners and land managers to take precautionary measures including the readying of specialist fire equipment.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Ortberg told a Wall Street conference in late May that it would take "a few months of stabilization" at the 47 level in terms of readying the supply chain while monitoring key performance indications.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
When the company was readying Yahoo Scout, its AI assistant, she tested early versions of the product alongside the team and gave feedback on its answers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
I draw back an arrow, readying for an attack.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
