“Oh, right—your company is number two in the turncorner industry.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I somewhat enjoyed the company of her madness, and certainly I understood it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was able to pull in favors and spread his orders among many different companies. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“So I was wondering if the Winnebago company is based in Tennessee or something.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Captain, you made mention of four free companies. We know of only three. The Windblown, the Long Lances, and the Company of the Cat.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She didn’t have an explanation for his murder, except the usual: wrong place, wrong time, wrong company. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But if this was the company he kept? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The company church, the one most of the white people in town went to, was set down on a little grassy knob. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

If you were a company, you could evaluate the software for ninety days. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Troop by troop, and company by company, they wheeled and went off eastward. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“They got company in there, and you in them muddy clothes. You set down too, Caddy, and get done eating.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As these new phone companies came online, offering their own local, long-distance, international, data, and Internet services, each sought to have its own infrastructure. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

So the nice Anne is never seen in company. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1996, Quotesmith.com became the first of several websites that enabled a customer to compare, within seconds, the price of term life insurance sold by dozens of different companies. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Those that followed would land companies of archers and spearmen beneath the city walls, and only then join the fight on the river. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He had built his own oil field service company. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I reached my thirties, my brain had been strip-mined by a combination of drugs, alcohol, and the chemical solvents used at the refinishing company where I worked. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The company charged a small monthly rent, automatically deducted from the miners’ pay. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

All of the Rommelys were insured by the same company and the same agent collected the nickels and dimes from each of the sisters weekly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He said something about teaching you to work around a machine shop. I said okay, as long as it was on his own time and no company materials.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t like the work any better than she ever had, but Andeg’s lively company helped. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I worked in the company’s tax division and loved the work. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In 1886 in the Pall Mall Gazette Stead had warned of the disasters likely to occur if shipping companies continued operating liners with too few lifeboats. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He wrote down the name of the company he worked for in the garment district. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

They argued for a while and seemed to forget they had company. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Everything about running an online clothing company was new to me, but I loved the challenge and the added perk of never being at a loss for what to wear. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Morrow made cryptic announcements, saying the company was working on an ambitious project that would move them in an entirely new direction. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The network hadn’t found a sponsor, such as a cereal or soap company. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Agnes from the chicken company wrote me a scary letter earlier, so I decided I’d better get prepared, just in case. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

After she heard my pitch for our company—I had her sit through an entire PowerPoint presentation so she knew how serious we were—she too was all in. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There was no help or healing in the grave, no answer in the darkness, no speech from all that company. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

More than a minute passes before Franz speaks again; squinting at the sky, he begins to reminisce further about the time he spent in the youngster's company. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Why don't you come along? That way I'll have company on the way home." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They own a really popular ice cooler company.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Ten years after arriving in America, Jack took out a loan, bought the company he was working for, and turned it into a thriving import company. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

And no ship’s company can claim to have passed her without loss and grief; she takes, from every ship, one man for every gullet. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of us who were out upon that foraging raid have much taste for company. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

On Tuesdays, after lunch, while she would embroider on the porch, he would keep her happy company. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

They are good, simple folks who will provide Vincent with a safe place to live, food to eat, and company. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It combines learning how to handle die specific processes for the company whose calls they will be taking or making, and attending something called “accent neutralization class.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jack, who is Auntie Ying’s younger brother, is very keen on a company that mines gold in Canada. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the store with the numbers in my vest pocket, I decide to steal a few more minutes and make my calls on company time from the pay phone near layaway. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had become more who I was, too, locked up, as I said, with Mam* and the children my only company. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have games till it’s cooler. I brought Authors, and I dare say Miss Kate knows something new and nice. Go and ask her. She’s company, and you ought to stay with her more.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after they left Lemnos the Argonauts lost Hercules from the company. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me, I don’t feel crowded at all having so much company. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Cherrie—suffering from severe indigestion—and Kermit had helped Roosevelt walk to the spot where they were now keeping him company. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Among the junipers and the birch trees on the moor we practise company drill each day. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The company says it’s going to give me a nice boiled ham for Easter,” Miss Trixie told Ignatius. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d come from biotech companies and academia; they’d traveled from New York, England, the Netherlands, Alaska, Japan, and everywhere between to discuss the future of cell culture. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I ask that you avoid leaving this house without my company. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then she’d investigate the airport shuttle and the cab company records before thinking of the staff lot. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I called up another cab company and asked how much it would be to Ernestville. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

By using a cutout, André could stay in New York and never be caught in the company of his agent. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now there were multiple phone companies and different numbers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Starting with that one truck he had built himself a company that specialized in oil field construction—building roads and drill sites. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the company had survived the command performance, our troubles were far from over. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I am thinking vegetarian might be a good thing for me to consider becoming since I would not mind parting company with some of my fat cells. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dominic was a wonderful cook and great company, but he did sometimes get very drunk. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“This company is the second largest taxpayer in the state of California and as such contributes very largely to the funds of the university,” he lectured Berkeley’s research dean, A. O. Leuschner. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She came to Reykjavik as much as her job in a pharmaceutical company—and her editorship of a chess journal in Tokyo—would allow. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they concentrated on making sure the person they had shared their long lives with had cheerful company and the necessary things for the night. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All I ask is that you walk with me four more blocks north — ” “I thought you said Bodega was meeting me,” I protested, preferring to be in Bodega’s company than Nazario’s. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Outsourcing news bulletins to India also allows Reuters to extend the breadth of its reporting to more small-cap companies, companies it was not cost-efficient for Reuters to follow before with higher-paid journalists in New York. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Aside from these brutal tactics, the steel companies also used another strikebreaking strategy. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He looked cheerful, as though he was with an imaginary friend whose company he enjoyed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Reverend the sole survivor in a company of dead men who have marched along beside him all his life since then. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that is when we knew we had to buy the company, because it was the standard and it was not ours... The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Cora enjoyed the woman’s company and frowned when she left. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Abide by this one and only rule and you won’t find yourself wasting hours with the company’s counselors. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They were too worried to talk, so all Doha could do was keep them company. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He had expected to become a captain, a company commander, because of his wisdom and age. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Columbia was then — as it is now — one of the largest mail order clubs in the world, and Wunderman had handled the company’s advertising since it was formed in the 1950s. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came to consider a company “honest” if its payment rate was above 90 percent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

There have been a few times in the past I considered setting up a profile to keep Deckers company, but I didn’t think I could provide much for them. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He seemed to find their company more congenial than hers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“My company always has to hurry off,” she chuckled. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Castro had to be president of some company or other, a young general in a Wall Street suit, conservative haircut, ramrod posture. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Anyway I figured Leah and I could tell each other our troubles, since misery loves company, even though she has a husband that is still alive at least, which is more than I can say. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I’ll have to stay in the barn. I’m not supposed to leave my company. Wait, I’ll tell somebody where I’m going just in case they want me.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something decorative and permanent and occasionally useful, yes, but I found it dull and quiet work, suitable for a rainy day with only the monotonous ticking of the parlor clock for company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

If a judge were to mandate the dissolution of the company, its factories would remain standing and its workers, accountants, managers and shareholders would continue to live—but Peugeot SA would immediately vanish. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed the boy down an aisle between endless cans, buckets and drums labeled with the company's trademark, a screaming eagle. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to watch two more of his company die, for Polyphemus breakfasted as he had supped. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I polled about half of the companies on the Fortune 500 list—the list of the largest corporations in the United States—asking each company questions about its CEO. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A big knight stepped down from the back of a wagon, clad head to heel in company steel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Although he would have preferred to stay at the rock a while longer, he decided to descend rather than remain in unwanted company. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

You will recall that in the Berlin Wall-PC-Windows phase, individuals who had e-mail and companies that had internal e-mail could not connect very far. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was fifteen years after the bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and fourteen years after the Civil Rights Act, but this Birmingham company still had an almost totally white workforce. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Had I not felt it when I walked home from the optical company that morning with my job gone? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She could probably use the company,” Colin said, trying to use his familiarity with loneliness for the powers of good. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Still, she admired the ritual, envying the Levys the pleasure they took in one another’s company, wishing her cousins lived nearby so she could have an orchestra of her own. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I came to Wilmington to try to start a theater company of my own. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The men in his company had done what the country had asked of them, but the cost was staggering. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He rose to shop foreman and then had quit the previous summer to start his own company, Brazos Door & Hardware. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His visitor, his company, his guest, his social life, his woman, his daughter, his friend—they all hung there on a nail near his bed. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We are not just trying to move information and data; we are trying to share business solutions and best practices for how things get done—within companies and across companies.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

So every one of these incredibly optimistic scenarios from every one of these new telecom companies got funded. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

She waited until she received a check for several hundred dollars from the company that was leasing the drilling rights. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’s come straight to my door for my company today, to lead me outside my sanctuary so we can live until we don’t. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Is that how you greet company, T? Offer your friend a drink.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Just to summarize again: The Apple-PC-Windows flattening phase was about me interacting with my computer and me interacting with my own limited network inside my own company. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

When I tried to sleep, I kept seeing the VC, just the way he was laid out in front of the company. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until now she had been telling herself that the phone might have been out of service, but this day she checked with the phone company. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s probably your location more than your company,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun did so, in the company of a dozen other men, and with such numbers he did not fear strip searches or violence. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“He was a bachelor and liked the company of women,” the historian Gary Gallagher says. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Rumors began to circulate that Gregarious Games was developing some sort of new computer gaming hardware and that this secret project was rapidly exhausting the company’s considerable financial resources. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Parker purchased his eighth company, a large tech firm. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They went swiftly back the way they had come and were standing in welcome at the head of the great staircase as the company entered. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

In their company I attended grainy black-and-white movies in which ponderous, turtlenecked men slogged the stony beaches, cursing the gulls for their ability to fly. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Just the sight of him was enough to make Sansa feel sick, but Arya seemed to prefer his company to hers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The king rode in the midst of the leading company, his household-men about him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I remember this American chap, even drunker than I am now, he got up at the dinner table in front of the whole company. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Surely she can do for herself. We have company. Why should we go without a servant?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was constantly clashing with his superiors over what he saw as shoddy practices and corner-cutting, and sometimes broke company and union rules by doing work that he was contractually forbidden to do. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few have become owners of large corporations, some have risen to top levels in Fortune 500 companies, and larger numbers work as midlevel managers. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The rest of the company had been left ignorant. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I thought maybe when I’m at work, she could keep you company.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The company had constructed it shortly after the contest began, to serve as IOI’s online base of operations. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Running the tunnels during the war presented yet another logistical challenge, as the local power company rationed electricity. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The small company made the long descent in silence, stopping thrice to refresh themselves along the way. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She said, “Will, bring those pasteboard boxes in off the back porch to the company room, and I’ll tell you what to do next.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“But you built that company from the ground up.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The security company SUV was back out in front of the Castro house. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I tried to tell him that I didn’t know the deejay or the pizza company—that other students had made the arrangements. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Hicks and the other owners hired guards, passed out guns, and sent men to patrol company boundaries. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

And the big questions in this era were: Where does my company fit into the global economy? The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was because of him that the spray-painting fiasco had made the newspaper and gotten Curly into hot water with the Mother Paula’s company. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

People could write new applications that allowed selected systems to work together, but in general this was limited to planned exchanges between PCs within the network of a single company. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as the whole company was assembled, standing in a wide circle round Treebeard, a curious and unintelligible conversation began. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The other, he said, are American investment banks and financial services companies, which often need to prepare glossy pamphlets with graphs to illustrate the benefits of an IPO or a proposed merger. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

There, glints of light on lance and pennant, helmet, and moving figures showed Robin the fast-moving company of soldiers. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“A few monsters, a couple of human horrors to suit the present company?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They came, all the best and noblest, to join the company. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He it was that now rode out, and with him came only a small company of black-harnessed soldiery, and a single banner, black but bearing on it in red the Evil Eye. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You must be very confused if you think the oil companies are doing us a favor,” Obinze said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The adult males spend a lot of time in each other’s company. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The company of the circus is fairly large but they all talk about each other,” Celia says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I want to walk back to the dormitory with only my thoughts as company. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Because of this, drug companies were willing to pay enormous sums to work with his cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You think the company cares anything about his lungs or anybody else’s? Hell, no! This is what the great Captain did for us with his continuous miners.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The next summer, when Dad was hired as a consultant by a washing machine company, we went through the same procedure with the washboard and hand-wringer at Nantucket. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I check our company email address whenever I can, to see if anyone has sent us a message. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Longstreet stayed up talking, as long as there was company, as long as there was a fire. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the hush which Ml upon the company, and saw Master Twyti wave silently to the lymerer to uncouple his hounds. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He simply wanted to enjoy: the bright spring day, the company of his friends. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Not only were the Friedmans lively company, they were also loyal in times of trouble. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Perhaps in other company he is that way, but I have never had reason so to judge him. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I get off my bike and either refuse to make further use of their company or act as if I’m insulted and tell them in no uncertain terms to go on home without me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The lad jumped, and the king noticed his company. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But I would have been laconic in that company in any case. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I next saw Jake at the company Christmas party at the Club House. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The rotund Ogden Morrow was naturally charismatic, and he handled all of the company’s business affairs and public relations. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

No car company had an agency in Grandma’s town, not even Ford. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the prisoners are boys or middle-aged men, the shattered remains of companies. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The next day they spent also in his company, but they did not go far from his ‘house’. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

That was another thing about Leon: soft and charming in company, but through his jacket his arm had the consistency of tropical hardwood. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If I ran, even to bring help, I would be letting Nick go, and the play book with him, and betraying the company as surely as if I had taken it myself. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, did I not have these delightful meerkats to keep me company? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He generally liked me, tended to treat me, I thought, as he might some rising young VP in his Boston-based holding company, alternatingly coddling and browbeating me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked around for the bird now because he would have liked him for company. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is a hell of a way to leave someone—sitting alone in a restaurant—just staring straight ahead, not even a book to keep me company. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” repeated the stranger, looking round at the rest of the company with his right hand extended towards the witness, Wopsle. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When the company stopped answering their phone, Mum drove to Kidderminster, but there was only a broken chair in an empty office. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“We’re a Muslim couple running a painting company in Louisiana. Not such a good idea to turn away clients.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“And to think you were forced to spend so much time in his company. I’m amazed he didn’t kill you in your sleep. I’m—” Thomas pauses, then decides against finishing his sentence. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Close behind us were our friends: Tjaden, a skinny locksmith of our own age, the biggest eater of the company. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nuh-uh. Stuff from other companies. Some of it goes way back to the 1890s. I think it’s Mr. Lemoncello’s personal collection. It’s like a museum up there.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He hoped Shell would rent it because the oil companies were always the best renters, never complaining about abrupt hikes, paying easily in American dollars so that nobody had to deal with the fluctuating naira. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He did not, however, reduce the rents in his company town. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Hutton was by all accounts a man of the keenest insights and liveliest conversation, a delight in company, and without rival when it came to understanding the mysterious slow processes that shaped the Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

As your company uses the online business tools offered by Salesforce.com to make your work flow, your business process team may come up with a customized solution that works really well for you and your clients. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

This would become quite handy later on, and he enjoyed Edmonstone’s company very much. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The company was right not to revise it to Think Differently: the verb think can take an adjectival complement which refers to the nature of the thoughts being entertained. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Watching her in their company, I could understand why wealthy people usually had other wealthy people for friends. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

One of the petroleum companies, Conoco, that was exploring for oil, agreed to build a big sanctuary for the chimps—a patch of forest with an electric fence around it. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She accepted a job at the Northrop Corporation, one of many aviation companies tucked into the suburban sprawl of Los Angeles. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I departed in the late morning for Cape Town, with only my radio for company. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wears a thin wisp of a gown that would likely be considered scandalous in other company, but this gathering is not easily scandalized. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t that a bit risky to wear in this company?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He saw her in the village as well, but noticed her less there because he was generally in the company of friends. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We had a halfhearted volleyball game against some guys from HQ company. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena, unsure how she’d ever sleep again now that she knew what Cain could do, had been grateful for the company. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Anticipating this, the company had set aside Sector One as the simulation’s designated business zone and began to sell and rent millions of blocks of surreal estate there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mother was too nervous to sit down with the company so she stood behind Father’s chair, leaning on the windowsill, waiting for him to finish the newspaper they’d brought. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Investment research has had to have huge amounts of cost ripped out of it, so a lot of firms are using shift work in Bangalore to do bread-and- butter company analysis.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Chipper as a sandpiper. She and Gran have been fine company for each other.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey was his son, true enough, but I was an orphan that they picked up to provide Bailey with company. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Have you ever wondered why so many mediocre people find their way into positions of authority in companies and organizations? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Plus, according to his obituary, he was still teaching at Perkins when James Parker was running all those companies in Colorado. There’s no way he could do both.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The electric company had turned off the streetlamps long ago when the city couldn’t pay its bills. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, visitors—company people negotiating deals, government people negotiating bribes, factory people negotiating jobs—dropped by, parking their cars near the entrance to the orchard. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

IOI would be billed, and the cost of the repairs would be added to my outstanding debt to the company. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In the mild air of spring they were singing cheerfully, sweetly, as though to keep her company on the first morning of her life that she, Omakayas, knew the truth of her past. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

As far as industrial food companies are concerned, that’s all we need to know. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The economy worldwide fell into depression, and like many others, Houseman’s company went bankrupt. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The advertising agency and the tobacco company were delighted by the unpaid publicity and were only too happy to confess to the error in the coda, “What do you want, good grammar or good taste?” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The bling of the text sounds like reassuring company. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

After my mom and Abel opened up the books on Mighty Mechanics and came to a full realization of what they’d bought, they saw how much trouble the company was already in. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

If he canceled his insurance he would get a check from the insurance company for eighteen thousand dollars. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inaccurate data from countries with high incidences of MDR have made it difficult for pharmaceutical companies to meet demand for these drugs consistently, and therefore market prices have fluctuated. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Here, it looks as if people care—as if they’re always expecting company, so everything has to look presentable for strangers. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He is getting the intellectual property from these three applications, said Juster, and they are empowering him to start a company with very little money. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“The young people so enjoy each other’s company.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In Mooers Forks there were rumors that a boy seen in his company had disappeared. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Mercy, Miss Gilly, I can rest in heaven. In the meantime, it is human company that I treasure. It won’t bother you if I just sit here, will it? I promise not to make suggestions.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

If he could not enlist—and for all his self-sufficiency Brinker could not do much without company—he could at least cease to be so multifariously civilian. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shook her head, thinking of their house, its secret rooms, its isolated location on the top of the hill, the way they never had company. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And now, he said finally, he would ask the company to rise to their feet and make certain that their glasses were full. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Helicopters were landing like wasps all over the hill, and out of them poured swarms of newspaper reporters, cameramen, and men from the television companies. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

But I was also impressed by the boycott’s effectiveness: after nine days, during which the buses ran empty, the company returned the fare to fourpence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike walking with Nazario, when everyone came up and greeted you, saw you in a different light because of the company, with Bodega it was as casual as if you were walking with groceries. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I think he'd tanked up a good deal at luncheon and his determination to have my company bordered on violence. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Food companies make more money if they can get us to change our eating habits and buy their processed foods. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In little ways Margaret let me know that she liked my company. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Valencia's business was a small publishing company she ran from her garishly painted fourth-floor study. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The work was crushingly hard, the sun brutal, the dirt and ceaseless din almost unbearable, but the spaces were vast, the scenery staggering, and the company fast and fascinating. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His employer had commanded him to withdraw from the charrette, claiming that it was too radical an undertaking and would reflect badly on the company. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, just as the scythe had said, they went to the shipping company where the woman worked, and they watched—just as Rowan had watched Kohl’s gleaning. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

A real engineer builds things to make money for his company.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Take the tone of the company that you are in. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny couldn’t imagine floating in the darkness, in the cold, with only the stars for company. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When we are together in company—Slant, Pomp, Olakunde, my own self, even unspeaking Will—we no longer seem broken, as we did; we no longer seem children, but comrades. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He taught, researched, published in prestigious U.S. and European journals, and ran his company. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He relished the company and the genuine hospitality, so different from Dr. Stuart’s impolite, hostile reception. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The memory played tricks, when one reached middle age, and then, the company of Mrs Helena Kingshaw had helped put everything into perspective again. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Aubyn had lived so long with only wild animals for company that he might easily be confused, she added delicately. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once a company of lancers appeared, but they turned southward. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Dutch companies dispatched merchant ships daily to all corners of the globe, so Amsterdam was flooded with such objects. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

An article a few weeks ago about the Senator said that Stuart moved his oil company down to New Orleans so that he can spend time out on the rigs at sea again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Well, an example would be: a big American timber company logs a huge forest in Africa. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Mars has been visiting me these last few days, keeping me company. He told me of your quest. Find Death in Alaska and release him. Do your duty.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Big companies and multinational corporations were calling, too. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

These men, either personally or through their companies, had over $200 million in loans from the bank. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I swapped days with a guy in my company. And you wouldn’t believe why.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

By about eleven o'clock the whole company was once more on the march, riding westward with the mountains on their left. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She wanted a bedpan, or food, or water, or sometimes just a little company. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Being an old salt himself, he took no offense in rough company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Just pity him, my boy. Tomorrow we’ll be on our way, but he’ll have to keep his own disagreeable company until the day he dies.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Adèle ran quite wild in the midst of it: the preparations for company and the prospect of their arrival, seemed to throw her into ecstasies. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Always in the company of male guardians who stare us down as we pass, the women whisper like black ghosts through the crumbling streets, vanishing suddenly and silently into ruined buildings. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Stewart stopped the company and a couple of men approached the hole. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because we have company,” he said, taking her by the shoulders and steering her toward the living room. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The dark warrior was more richly attired than any of the company. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I followed Miss Love into the company room, set down her baggage, and went out to bring in the rest of it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The huntsmen had retraced their steps halfway to Winterfell without finding any sign of where the Starks might have parted company with the direwolves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Or instead of just working at the office, maybe he would even own the company. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

First, no company here has produced the vaccine in recent years. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I told Ma once the Howards had a room just for company, a room just for books, and a room just for plants, and she said that was three rooms too many. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the sound of it, he had a lot more company. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He started home, late, and it was such a lovely night she said she would walk along with him to keep him company. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He had, after all, come to New Orleans at the behest of his company. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The C.D.C. also temporarily revoked the licenses of three companies, Hazleton Research Products, the Charles River Primates Corporation, and Worldwide Primates, charging these companies with violations of quarantine rules. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, Scruggs’s company linked up with another company, as well as some American tanks and armored personnel carriers. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

This “gambling” method of remuneration was practiced by some of the burial companies because of the tremendous “turnover” in policyholders, and the companies had to have a constant stream of new business to keep afloat. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, my mother started moving up at the real-estate company she worked for, taking on more responsibilities and earning a better salary. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She had returned from Cambridge with a vague notion that her family was owed an uninterrupted stretch of her company. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In Globalization 2.0, the key agent of change, the dynamic force driving global integration, was multinational companies. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even if farmers face hard times, the seed companies continue to make money year after year, selling farmers something they used to grow themselves. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I loaf around until the company comes back in the early morning, grey, dirty, soured, and gloomy. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And necessarily,” she added, in a haughty tone; “what was fit company for you once, would be quite unfit company for you now.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Eric nearly collapsed, and Jesse mustered all his well- honed phone skills with the telephone company, talking his way past the first rank to a supervisor, then claiming he was misled. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

About me feeling alone in our house, with only Mom and Dad for company. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I remember I entertained a great objection to your adversary, because I took it ill that he should be brought here to pester me with his company.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Between her limited budget and the scant selection of foods available at the company store, it was hard to put a decent meal on the table every night. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Yes, there are records of union members blatantly attacking company guards and killing scabs. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

She still had big dreams—maybe she could become an entrepreneur, open a beauty salon or her own fashion company. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I was still having trouble swallowing food and I wasn’t hungry, but I got the impression that company lunches didn’t happen every day, and that I should accept. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Our dads used to work at the same company. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have many neighbors to give them to, so Dad put them in a burlap sack and drove to a pond made by the mining company to cool equipment. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the early evenings I did my regular chores at the gas company and late evenings I worked with Mike cleaning the Standard Oil Company, which was located on the outskirts of Santa Maria. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon the King’s company prepared to depart. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

At home he would have had the stuffed bear and dog and Pedro el Conejo for company.They didn’t talk, but he could hug them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moonlighted as a security guard for a jewelry company. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That,” he said, not even trying to hide his distaste, “is Scythe Goddard, and his company is best avoided.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When he finished speaking, silence fell upon the company. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, I thought you could use some company,”she replies. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He got this idea after delivering for years to one company spread out over three floors—an executive floor on top and two lower floors with sales, service, and administrative employees. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

One shade came first—Elpenor, of our company, who lay unburied still on the wide earth as we had left him—dead in Kirke’s hall, untouched, unmourned, when other cares compelled us. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if the scarf was something worn under duress, only in the company of Zeitoun, a disguise she could shed when he was not around. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He also became prone to sudden fits of hilarious laughter over nothing, which, while disconcerting, nevertheless made him entertaining company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Her bed would be littered with the separated sheets of the daily papers folded anyhow, while French novels with curling edges and the covers torn kept company with American magazines. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

For three years in a row Ded6 has won a trip, the prize for making the most sales of anyone in her company. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Stohler says, “I guess there really is a first time for everything. We’re honored to have your company, Miss Markey. To what do we owe the pleasure?” she says, nodding in my direction. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Alice and Papa kept each other company when I was at school. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

People in solitary jobs like shepherds or swineherds tend to either enjoy their own company, or be starved for conversation. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even when companies recruit for jobs that have nothing to do with mathematics, they often encourage math majors to apply, since they know that analytical skills will serve anyone well, whatever the job. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I devoted myself to investing money, starting new companies, and importing. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still depended upon her talents and company. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should have cried out for help, but I still feared that, if cornered by the company, Nick would reveal my connection with Falconer. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“This is an excellent arrangement, I think. It gets Mrs. Dudley well away from here before dark and enables us to have our dinners without her uninviting company.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It is not bad to have a bit of company when you are getting on in life, especially when you have been chasing the Questing Beast all the time, what? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every few hours she’d call up the boat company but there was still no news. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to recall other keepers I have known—the humans who cleaned my domain and prepared my food and sometimes kept me company. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

IOI had created a new department within the company that they called their “Oology Division.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I suspected that Jessica enjoyed my inexplicable popularity more than my actual company. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The room grew quiet as the entire company listened in. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Schools, local governments, and private companies used it to fire, expel, or exclude anyone considered disloyal to the United States. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As we crossed the threshold, the company in the front room fell silent. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m driving back to New York after dinner, and I wouldn’t mind some company. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

This alarmed the Nazi leaders, who worried that the damages would bankrupt the German insurance companies. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And both were working for big companies with lots of benefits and possibilities. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The company and commission worked out a truce. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Perhaps 1 likened myself to Kurtz in Heart of Darkness when, far from the trading company offices in Europe, he was faced with the ultimate horror. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the new, new thing, I was also learning, is the degree to which it is now possible for companies and individuals to source work anywhere. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Among CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, that number is 58 percent. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Ignoring Ucho much as the bird had, he said, “The Handsome Rainbow and I have enjoyed each other’s company today.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Their working conditions look like those at your average insurance company. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was the nights I kept her company when she received the devastating news that her friends had gone to a party without her. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

As soon as she felt it, she wanted to be alone with it; she wanted to spend hours and days in its company; she wanted it never to be more than an arm’s length away. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m also talking on company time, so I got to leave the stockroom, but best of luck with your search and tell Dylan I said bye!” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“You, Potter, and Weasley are out-of-bounds, in the company of a convicted murderer and a werewolf. For once in your life, hold your tongue.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He knew that Reilly had really liked the company; he had seen it at the company, the woman next door had told him, he had just read it. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mostly just like the company, and I think they do too. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Secretly, she thought it would be fun to have both of them, boy and dog, for company. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We should never have come—at least back in the world of the dead we had a little light and a little company—this is far worse!” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Twice in his black despair, Mack reached under the bed and caught her and put her in bed with him for company but she squirmed out and went back to eating his shoes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most millionaires sincerely believe in the existence of money and limited liability companies. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was always the face of calm, which is good company for any competitor. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Human beings have done evil things to each other for as long as there’ve been human beings. We also do kind things, too. Rescue a stray dog. Keep an old man company.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Whether raised fists freeze in her company or open for a handshake, she’s nobody’s alibi or hammer or toy. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Friday, she had to work straight through—a sixteen-hour shift—because the company was short-handed on account of an influenza epidemic. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one shared anything with him, neither food nor company. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same questions arise about the organization of different companies within the same industry. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

News from home about the continuous antiwar protests didn’t help company morale. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Bigwig, rejected on the grounds that he might quarrel in strange company, was inclined to be sulky at first, but came round when he remembered that he could go on looking after Kehaar. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go on and keep him company,” my mother said. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing that the children would be left alone locked in the rooms, she decided to keep them company. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had known, I would have gone up to keep him company. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her only company was found in the shiny pages of Charm and Glamour. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man with a chicken-sales company drops by every two or three weeks with fifty birds. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The last time that they had helped her calculate her age, during the time of the banana company, she had estimated it as between one hundred fifteen and one hundred twenty-two. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The brewster and the monk thank the innkeeper for his hospitality, bid the assembled company farewell, and head out into the night. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He and Leila had met in high school in nearby Box Elder County, and ever since, they had walked, biked, and read together, and enjoyed each other’s company, often with few words exchanged. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He turns so that he’s facing me. you part company with them. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other two interviewers had asked a bunch of questions about how he’d handle various repairs of the company’s numberless desktops. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The company's going to loan them the money, almost no interest rate, twenty years to pay.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And his company does keep the children away. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the early 1990's I was living in New York and working for a housecleaning company. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He wore a three-piece suit with a carnation on his lapel, and looked around at the company confidently, as if at friends. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I can handle any more company today.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The first thing he said was: "Pharmaceutical companies." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, it’s amazing how twenty-five dollars can help a recruitment officer overlook a thing or two. Maybe you should try it, Ned old boy, but then, company vouchers might not do the trick.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lemore was always pleasant company, despite her penchant for scolding him whenever he said something rude about the gods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They worshiped everything living and everything dead, for voodoo embraces death as its company, not its enemy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let the other companies behind follow these three that lead, as they have chance. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The Captain expanded Mr. Carter’s building program, providing every Coalwood miner a house with indoor plumbing, a Warm Morning stove in the living room, and a coal box the company kept full. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“My very thought. ... Perhaps you might give me some time to consider a solution? In the meantime, allow us to conduct you into our company, so you might meet our academicians.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, technology startups, software companies, media conglomerates, and so forth are reluctant to set up shop in a town named for Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate general and founder of the Ku Klux Klan. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Though I felt no great love for my father, his company was familiar to me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I was assigned to a supply company while I waited for new orders. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe the footage will be helpful for the insurance company?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Mom gives me a look that tells me my company has to leave. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Willie tried to enlist in the army and was turned down; whereupon he threw up his job with the milk company, came home, announced that he was a failure, and went to bed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our dads had worked together at this large company called Harris that helps make defense and space technology. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He’s not expecting company, which is why we’re able to get him off the slave so quickly. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. I didn’t know you had company. I can come back another time.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

On an overlooking hill was the turreted mansion occupied by the company general superintendent, a man sent down by our owners in Ohio to keep an eye on their assets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The boss of the company was having the sick monkeys put in boxes and shipped out to a small island in Lake Victoria, where they were being released. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would sit in the back with Tam Lin for company. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peugeot belongs to a particular genre of legal fictions called ‘limited liability companies’. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

More critical is that it kept fire companies located near De Koven Street in their stations. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The horse lines and cookfires of the free companies lay to the south. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Lars was a real trouper when the touring company’s bus was stopped by a state trooper. try and/try to. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could return to her mother and keep her company in the drawing room while she waited. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

To do that, he’d have to let the company know his plans as early as possible. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

No wonder some twenty-eight hundred Japanese companies have set up operations here or teamed up with Chinese partners. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Justice Department sometimes forces the breakup of a large corporation into several smaller companies. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The girl was pleased to have company, and so she agreed that the strange animal could come with her, at least as far as the hills near her future father- in-law’s house. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Later that day, Hall walked to the offices of a company called Amtorg, a Soviet import/export business. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The government rules about organic food allow companies to make organic high-fructose corn syrup—words I never expected to see combined. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

A long-simmering labor dispute between nearly thirty-five thousand members of the International Longshoremen’s Association and steamship companies had flared up in port cities up and down the West Coast. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“That allows time for all companies to be in place, and with the sounding of the bell to move in about the town and castle wall at once.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Those companies that did make MDR drugs could pretty much name their own price. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

When the company returned home, the raider lamented, smallpox “spread from one tent to another as if the Bad Spirit carried it.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He cast Dill and Lydia a briny glare, cupped his hand to his mouth, and yelled, “Travis, you got company,” saving Lydia the trouble of honking. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want nothing ornery, and I don’t want to be hanging out in clubs and such. I just want some nice female company.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’ll come when she's called and she knows a few tricks but mostly she likes attention and sitting in windows. I thought you might like the company.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In the 1940s, Agloe, New York, began appearing on maps created by other companies. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

One group of mutual fund companies let preferred customers trade at preferred prices, and another group was charged with hiding management fees. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Or why I always behave very differently when I’m in the company of others? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

As the wretched pair passed by the company they came to the hobbits, and Saruman stopped and stared at them; but they looked at him with pity. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was actually a principal scientist at another company owned by Coming, called Hazleton Washington. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wes, it is much more than that. Just have lunch with him. At the very least, I think you’ll enjoy each other’s company.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Only two fire companies were not fooled by the misleading alarm. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Alas, I shall have to walk back home tonight without the comfort of your escort or the pleasure of your company. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“So tell me, Lucille, what have you been doing for company this tedious August?” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think...I think I want you to take him, Connor. Let’s face it, he much prefers your company.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

If I’m going to do this, I want company. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“We got fools enough in this company. Why would we want three more?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Two weeks seemed to me ample time to prepare, but the company behaved as though Judgment Day were almost upon them and they must put not only their parts but their entire lives in order. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I wouldn't be caught dead in one of those rings. Just taking a break from the sun. You seem like nice company, you know. I mean, as long as you don't have the plague." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

My sister was named after the company that made my mom’s guitar. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Gold continued bringing Sam documents from his company files, but both knew the stuff was of little value. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And also Father said that she needed company and didn’t want to be on her own. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

From her seat at the table, she could reflect on her roses and bird feeders through the picture window the company carpenters had installed for her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he waved his great hands to all the company and went off into the trees. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Besides donating computers, John Tu has given a couple of Freedom Writers jobs at his company with benefits and Christmas bonuses. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Former owner and boss of a frozen fish packing company, who retired and became the solo skipper of his own ship—an RV he drove around the country. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“With the man from the alarm company. Sorry, lunch will be ready in a minute,” she adds. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I kept to myself as we traveled, not being used to the company of others. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The landlady is putting us up a huge basket of provisions; it seems enough for a company of soldiers. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“But remember, so far as the company is concerned, he must remain Young Griff until we cross the narrow sea. In Westeros we’ll wash his hair and let him don his armor.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Dealing with big companies was one of the things she’d formed Garland to get away from. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The other children tormented him, but he was so desperate for company that he put up with it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s because she has a job. She runs a company, and she has to stay organized.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“So,” he said as he was scrawling, “what will be my duties with the company?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Harry could not stand lying there with nothing but bitter thoughts for company. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The mining companies preferred such segregation because it prevented different ethnic groups from uniting around a common grievance and reinforced the power of the chiefs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tapped in the name of the company in my web browser. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

If someone among the present company looked like Satan, Jeanne thought, surely it was Michelangelo. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Finally he looked at Kaede seriously and said, “I am not a guard, but I have spent my life in the company of them, and I hope you’ll take my advice.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Another company would pay highly for his weaponized jars of Lady ’Stache Off. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Come back and see me, Rashad. An old lady needs a little company every now and then,” Mrs. Fitzgerald said. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I’m sure it was made by the same company because they looked identical. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

When I say run a company, I mean keeping track of inventory, staying in touch with customers, recruiting, project management, product development, scheduling, budgeting, and human resources. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I know that he worked for an industrial food-service company and that he opened a couple of bars and restaurants here and there. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Now, before God and this company,” he said, “I do hail thee Conqueror and true son of thy noble father.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Clothing manufacturers and leather production companies were called upon to meet the increased demand. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, he grinned broadly at the company and began to speak. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

For many, the idea of eating in the other’s company was still unthinkable. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t have been surprised if it had died of boredom itself — no company except stupid people drumming their fingers on the glass trying to disturb it all day long. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Such companies were legally independent of the people who set them up, or invested money in them, or managed them. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least someone was glad for her company. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Among this good company I should have felt myself, even if I hadn’t robbed the pantry, in a false position. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She drives the kids to school and picks them up, and in between she manages the affairs of the painting and contracting company. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean? You are the most precious, wonderful per­son on earth. Come, my brother, let us be together and feast on each other’s company.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I worked for an optical company for a short while in Jackson.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must’ve gotten thrown off by the endless geek rants about globular clusters orbiting galactic cores, rants that I see are being kept under wraps in present company. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“When I built the cable company, in the early stages, I was making deals where I would have been bankrupt if I hadn’t pulled it off. I had confidence that I could make it work.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton was a warm woman with a soft voice and close-cropped hair who worked in customer service at a credit rating company. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was as though they clung to each other's company for reassurance. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s a donation! This art supply company—they heard about our paper chain on ReelTok! They want to help us finish it!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The Baby Einstein toy company was also launched in reaction to this study. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I made sure I was always in the company of someone else, never alone with that man. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

From such an intimate one must sometimes escape to the company of strangers, to the liberation of the city, in order to form new versions of oneself. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s working at a company that pushes everyone to paint excessively fast. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s just...it’s so nice to have company.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It just seemed too good to be true that he was going to be rescued from the Dursleys after a mere fortnight of their company. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Why, I did not know your wife was in the company,” said Tyrion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Wes had his entire operation organized with the precision of a military unit or a division of a Fortune 500 company. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Over the next month or so, Ophelia saw Farmer whenever she could, both in Mirebalais and Port-au-Prince, and they enjoyed each other’s company. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The mournful lawyers showed in court that that man had nothing to do with the company and in order that no one doubt their arguments they had him jailed as an impostor. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“He moved to New York City to start his game company.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He hired a chemical company to fumigate the fields. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t argue, Charles dear, I’m sure that you would want some company, if you had to be in bed all these lovely, sunny days, you would want to see a friend.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The idea behind such companies is among humanity’s most ingenious inventions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t we already have enough drowned cities? Enough people dying from drought? My family is a clean company. Just because a market exists doesn’t mean we have to serve it.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Morris’s website described his company as “a boutique law firm focusing on the comprehensive needs of high-net-worth individuals.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘But maybe, if we had not arrived, you would already have been keeping one another company again.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I quickly made friends with the other fencers, and when we weren’t fencing against each other, we would be laughing, enjoying one another’s company, and making fun of each other in jest. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

By then Cora only needed the candlelight for company, having collected the particulars of her prison. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Earlier, in July 1891, the exposition had granted a contract for the work to the Hygeia Mineral Springs Company, headed by an entrepreneur named J. E. McElroy, but the company had accomplished little. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Slipping out of Great Hall, he passed the time for a bit, listening with an ear to the ground in the company of the moles. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He wanted to find out if the Anacortes ferry was running and if the power company would project a time for getting the wires up again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, if they don’t like you, then the unfortunate fact is that you’re related to idiots. I’m sorry. A lot of us are, though. You’re in good company.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

As always, Bull felt euphoric and princely in the company of trains. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do I want? Nothing. Nothing for my sake, that is. I have come for you. I have come to keep you company here in the dark. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Idomeneus brought his company back to Krete; the sea took not a man from him, of all who lived through the long war. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of my research on Muslim purchasing power indicated that if we created a product that appealed to and satisfied the needs of Muslim consumers, the company would be successful. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

By winter, the United States was at war and tobacco companies were supplying free cigarettes to soldiers, so the market was booming. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then there was the time that a new recruit in Tom’s company was gunned down while trying to stop an assault. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

As I fiddle, I realize that it’s not made by Henka Games—it’s by some other company, with weaker security. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Helen had included a good paper napkin too, the expensive kind they used for company, and one of their only two pairs of real ivory chopsticks, which Helen had brought with her from China. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that he saw that I had mentioned it when I first got into the company. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guided by my parents and my new agent, Janey, I’d recently signed endorsement deals with several companies that sold products I loved and could relate to. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

How attached he was already — it was frightening how attached — just to her sound and presence, to her simple animal company. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wireless companies “designed everything to keep people talking in their cars.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I pictured him in New York City, getting a job as a mail boy in a big company and working his way up to a management position after going to night classes. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

This did not seem unusual to me: A Coalwood family required a father, one who worked for the company. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

New towns sprang up, new sections were opened and populated, for the company had to create customers to get custom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tennis ranch in Halfway House was called Barretts, after the construction company that was one of the major builders of tennis courts in South Africa. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could’ve been nice to have some company today, I guess. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They say Mr. Pajolli’s sucking up to her so that maybe her company will donate lots of money to the school. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

As the years passed and his coal company prospered, Mr. Carter had concrete sidewalks poured, the streets paved, and the town fenced to keep cows from roaming the streets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Turned out they weren’t really goons—just a moving company with a meticulous checklist of all the stuff Benji and Felix had bought. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

At twelve, she started keeping steady company with a lad of twenty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The company reached a financial accommodation with him and publishing plans were dropped. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’d had hills, beaches, and his own mind to keep him company. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A man from the company came over to take pictures. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But on most days, especially the warm ones, life exhausts him; the worsening traffic and graffiti and company politics, everyone grousing about bonuses, benefits, overtime. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

By July of 1955 he had reached, on the trek to Worcester, a small Kansas town, Phillipsburg, and there “fate,” in the form of “bad company,” asserted itself. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

A spec four from the first platoon had wandered away from the company and was riding with us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several children had added themselves to the company; they came after, jigging about in high glee, noisy and excited: a long, ragged tail-end to the procession. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the results came up, there was a lot to sift through — everything from movies and TV shows to role-playing games, underground metal, and gothic cosmetic companies. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was often asked if I thought my outspokenness on social issues would affect my prospects to partner with big-brand companies. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Some people are surprised by this advice, because they think of the claim by speed-reading companies that skilled readers go directly from print to thought. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Seven whole cars kept the lonely traffic light company as they waited for green. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But that was about a million years ago, before Missy’s dad got an important new job at the lumber company. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Because—no matter what kindhearted strangers thought—I was in need of neither company nor comfort. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The company was presenting a play called Every Man Out of His Humour, which fit my mood exactly. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait a moment. Timmy, stop it, you beast. We have company.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at sea as Mr. Patel, and none in the company of an adult Bengal tiger. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

"A man must be ashamed of the company he keeps, Arry," the handsome one said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At about the time that he brought home the victrolas, Dad became a consultant to the Remington typewriter company and, through motion study methods, helped Remington develop the world’s fastest typist. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look up with a triumphant smile only to find I have company. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a company truck, and the man driving it was Mr. Fuller. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He fielded some questions about insurance, from the Shaws and the insurance companies. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Daldoum got a job at a construction supply company and saved enough for a car, a Mazda minivan that could accommodate his big family. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

"I am the company's fencing master, you see." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish you all good-night, now,” said he, making a movement of the hand towards the door, in token that he was tired of our company, and wished to dismiss us. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was fortunate that I never saw her in the company of powhitefolks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, when Mami needs to go out grocery shopping, Baba comes over to keep me company. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Most of the stock companies had gone out of existence. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through his steel-inspection company he knew most of the nation’s steel executives and the products they made. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"For the joy of my company, surely," he said lightly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then he called aloud to the others, and all the company stopped and gathered round. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

To that end, he set up a limited liability company. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She probably told him to go around with me, and keep me company, and keep me safe. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Howard began ordering multiple trainloads of cars, some three hundred at a time, and printing his orders and the company shipping confirmations in full-page ads. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It collected hundreds of millions of dollars from some of the world’s largest insurance companies on falsified claims for industrial accidents and natural disasters inside North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Scruggs found about 90 percent of his company had been drafted and didn’t want to be in Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, entertaining company, Desdemona heard her son’s clarinet and, as if orchestrating a harmony, let out a long sigh. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

If the club is not crowded—which it rarely is downstairs anymore—Flora will sometimes give Mr. Go her company for three or four songs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I know this because the hosting company has sent me an email with a warning that says I must renew now or let it go forever. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was given a tour of the research and development laboratory for General Mills, the sixth-largest food company in the world. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I backed Penelope’s new company without anyone knowing. And I helped her brother find a job when he moved to Seattle.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

So they could see, couldn’t they, the power of sin in the company of a weak mind? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we had plenty of cats to keep us company. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re headed north, in fact, but we were curious to see who was in the neighborhood. We haven’t run into any company in a long time.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Researchers around the world were working to develop a vaccine for hepatitis B, and doing so required a steady supply of antibodies like Slavin’s, which pharmaceutical companies were willing to pay large sums for. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And he knew many other things too, because he came to the company as a non-com. and was promoted from the ranks. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My main task at Annie’s is to keep her company while we dream up new ideas for our 1,001 Cool Things to Build List. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

But if you perform so well that a rival company comes calling, you become a vice president and no longer have to work for your father. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Listen to me, Milton. You haven’t lived through a fire. You don’t know what happens. Sometimes in a fire the insurance company burns down, too. Then what can you do?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I was in the midst of peeling an orange when all at once I had company. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom asks what they were doing in Senegal, and they say that their dad works for a humanitarian aid company and they were helping out during the summer. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The company has fallen in, Mittelstaedt stands them at ease and inspects. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am really very brave now, in a warm room with a fire and company,” Theodora said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

While some expressed pro-Nazi sentiments, few companies were prepared to act on them, so actual spies were rare. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I know. It’s just that I know other people’s thoughts. I know love and lust don’t always keep the same company.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m about to die from lack of company!” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and his company went on, their weapons clinking, chain-mail jangling, solemn and ominous as drums. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, she ventured to the palace library and was delighted to find what good company books could be. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The troop of Fair Folk led the company down the vaulted corridors. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

These systems were modeled on the theories of Frederick Winslow Taylor, an industrial engineer, who argued that companies should be run “scientifically,” with each worker’s task minutely analyzed and quantified. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“You can pass on or you can stick around. You’ll have company,” Ophie said, her heart feeling brittle as she looked at the ghost. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The gains in productivity will be staggering for those countries, companies, and individuals who can absorb the new technological tools. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

We met him in the company of a mine boss named Festile, and we told him the same fabrications that we had told Dr. Xuma. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This sports drink company that was trying to compete with Gatorade had developed the bottle. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

There were copies of all the building’s leases, showing ownership by that company. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Coke was plunged into crisis, and just a few months later, the company was forced to bring back the original formula as Classic Coke—at which point, sales of New Coke virtually disappeared. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I pledge myself to the goddess Artemis. I turn my back on the company of men . . .” Afterward, Thalia did something that surprised me almost as much as the pledge. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The king and all his company sat silent on their horses, marvelling, perceiving that the power of Saruman was overthrown; but how they could not guess. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In the house they still had guests for lunch and the old routine was never really set up again until the banana company left years later. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stand to look at him standing in the doorway, his body hanging from its frame with nothing but its own useless hands for company. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a course in calligraphy, where he also learned about typefaces, and he talked about its impact on him and his company for the rest of his life. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Who formulates the policies of these two companies?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I was standing by a minute, on the chance of company.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Ammu was made to send him back to their father, who had by then resigned his lonely tea- estate job in Assam and moved to Calcutta to work for a company that made carbon black. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew right off that they were shy, and unused to company. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

After that, they had gone on sailing till they arrived in the Out Isles, and the further they went the more lovesick the King had become, which made his company intolerable. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large group of students were recruited for what they were told was a market research study by a company making high-tech headphones. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Your car is totaled and I need you to sign this release so the insurance company can pay me." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

At first Miss Love stayed at Granny and Grandpa’s house, in their company room. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, think about it for a while and keep quiet. I’m tired. When I went into town today I stopped at the company. That always makes me depressed.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Indian Being, undefined and indefinable, finding itself alone, fearing death, yearning for company, began to swell in size, rearranged itself inside, and then split into two identical halves. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within two months, the partners raised enough money to form their own Broadway theatre company. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He’s the one that stays home in the Shire while Frodo and company go on their adventure. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She worked in finance, for a company called Cantor Fitzgerald, and her dad was a math teacher, so he was interviewing at schools in the area. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

A furry white coat was draped over her stout body and she was crawling around, keeping her mama company in the kitchen. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Harry kept to his room, with his new owl for company. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Now it was a treat to have company, and sometimes he felt that Frolic understood every word he said. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Ti Fifi got on the phone and hired a private ambulance company in Port-au-Prince—Sam’s Service Ambulance—which owned a shiny old recycled ambulance from the 1970s. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

There was even a toy company that wanted to manufacture a line of Parzival lunch boxes and action figures. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Those big companies make millions off of poor people like us ’cause we can’t afford to eat anywhere else. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Misery loves company, I think, but then again, so does hope. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

To the company's credit, they did not simply thrust the part upon me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The out-of-state newcomer, rich and headstrong, contented herself with luxury and even less of their company. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stifling our laughter, we’d hand the crushed coppers across the counter at the company store for candy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You forget yourself, Justin. We have but one god here. Speak not of demons in this company. Only the Lord of Light can save us now. Wouldn’t you agree?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Today the company employs about 200,000 people worldwide, most of whom are complete strangers to each other. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was not as stupid as some I have had, and better company, but still perhaps her going was for the best. She was not what I needed.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not in front of company, please,” she says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Junie, since you ate already, will you keep your grandfather company?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I liked the company. Have a nice supper, Morales.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Worried by the plans to use his company’s equipment in the execution of Kemmler, Westinghouse apparently underwrote an expensive legal appeal of Kemmler’s conviction, which went all the way to the U.S. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I began to worry about him, out there wandering across the headlands with his binoculars and little notebook, possibly in the company of a sheep-murdering madman. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

"Brienne, I am no fit company. Go join the revels, if you would. Drink a horn of ale and dance to Rymund's harping." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There was the mailbox where their bill from the light company came each month. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But we were so tired of ourselves and each other by then the company was irresistible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too bad I can’t buy stock in the juice company—I am watching a trend in the making. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

But his grandfather had recently gone blind, and he had requested Ashoke’s company specifically, to read him The Statesman in the morning, Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy in the afternoon. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Thought you could use some company,” she said. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She accepted the young men as they were and was prepared to enjoy their company without expecting anything in return. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The company comes back in two days’ time. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t allowed to use the phone, have any company, or go out with anybody. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘We must keep our guests company,’ they said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Abuela and I used to go over and watch with her sometimes to keep her company, since her niece lived down in Miami and didn’t visit much. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s like this—I think the company that makes Doritos is cutting down on the number of chips in each bag!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s not only your company I crave! Never forget that. Never forget I am more dangerous to you than I am to anyone else.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

DeSheim informed the company that he would produce any play they liked, and they sat like frightened mice, possessing no words to make known their vague desires. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I didn't mean to bother you while you had company." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We boarded, and found there a whole company of guests awaiting Lord Dunmore’s favor. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It would be a great company; for the king was leaving only a small garrison in the Burg, and all who could be spared were riding to the weapontake at Edoras. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for this blessing of food and company,” she said, then raised her head and smiled. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Because a huge library of business process applications is available at Salesforce.com, they can be drawn upon by a one-person company or by IBM. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

The land was useless for agriculture but had four plausible seaports and huge underground deposits of prehistoric guano, which Chilean companies mined and shipped to Europe for fertilizer. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

His company did not come out with him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t know the name of Dad’s company he works for. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody asked why nobody called the gas company to get it switched off. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Midday on July 12, 1904 twenty-eight thousand men and women employed by meatpacking companies throughout the Stock Yard put away their tools and walked off the job. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Since he was only a high-school graduate, many people in Coalwood—and in the union and the steel company that owned us too—thought my father was not qualified. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the one thing the island could never provide was company. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more time I spent in the company of Miss Val’s team, the more I wanted to finish out my gymnastics career as part of UCLA’s program. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I can hear the bar down by the fire company. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Think of your two less cups as a long-term investment,” he tells Garrett, who at this point could probably run his own company based entirely on Dad’s cheesy business analogies. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Let me claim that Africa and I kept company for a while and then parted ways, as if we were both party to relations with a failed outcome. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We being ready to retire following our labor, we received orders that all companies should instead be prepared for deployment, but no word of our purpose. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

After that we spent months at the Head Office in London learning how the great company functioned from the inside. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

In May, the company announced that its big new coal-preparation plant in Caretta was complete, and all the coal from both the Coalwood and Caretta mines would henceforth be loaded into coal cars over there. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her father, her Deydey, was in the fur trade business, which meant that he was often gone, paddling the great canoes for the fur company or sometimes trapping animals himself. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

But like the funeral director and the car salesman and the life- insurance company, the real-estate agent has also seen her advantage eroded by the Internet. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Her cousins would be ransomed too, as would Tris Botley and a few more of her company, those whose kin had coin enough to buy them back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He later sent a letter describing his welcome, his new position at a building company. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The entire company looked then at the woman on the table, who was struggling to sit up and was pushing so hard her red face looked near to bursting. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The term, “relocation” abbreviated, was used as noun and verb to describe the nomadic lives of white-collar families employed by global companies. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The thing was how Alice felt and talked in her company. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, he is “company” in a way, and I thought I should dress up a bit. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Soon she could do little more than go along with him for company and lie on the gay couch no longer used for love-making. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

More and more American and European companies are outsourcing significant research and development tasks to India, Russia, and China. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Your boss asks you to figure out for accounting reasons who, among all the physicians covered by the company, is most likely to be sued. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In March 1954, she organized a face-to-face meeting of black leaders, city officials, and bus company representatives to complain about the way blacks were treated on the buses and to propose reforms. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Then someone said: Tour health, sir,' lifting one of the tankards of ale Mrs Taylor had just finished distributing, and the next moment I was being toasted by the whole company. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I said nothing, as I was glad to have company. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment, he said, he would ask the present company to drink a toast. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I didn’t find out till night that Miss Love sleeping in the company room just wasn’t news anymore. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A few years later the Japanese company incorporated elements of Lawrence’s design into one of the most successful color TV technologies in history, a product it named Trinitron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She must have thought we would be fit company, one for the other. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We were scheduled to do the frog unit in April, but the frog company delivered our victims on January 14. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“This looks like company property to me. Where did you get it?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bergil was with him, and he also was downcast; for his father was to march leading a company of the Men of the City: he could not rejoin the Guard until his case was judged. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

In search of a little company and warmth, Ferula climbed into bed beside her, careful not to wake her up and whispering silent prayers so that the tremors would not become a fullblown quake. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few of the books had been shaken roughly enough to part company with their covers, and sundry pages littered the floor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The Earthworm, with his lovely pink skin, was employed by a company that made women’s face creams to speak commercials on television. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like women, didn’t enjoy their company, and even Marion, his self-proclaimed raison d’être, was tolerated as grudgingly as a concubine. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The company’s given you a good job, a house, and a decent life, Dubonnet,” he was saying, “and all you want to do is tear it down.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

People don't like to know that three quarters of their tampon strings are being buried, or that their paychecks have less to do with their company's profitability than its owner's compassion. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

When the company of this dreamer made her feel awake for the first time, even as she tried to sleep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In other circumstances, Pax would have welcomed the good-natured little fox’s company. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“To what do I owe the pleasure of such sweet company?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Kat and I kept Salim company in the queue until we got to the man who collected the tickets, who was shouting, ‘Eleven-thirty boarders step this way!’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazi businessman who took over the company immediately fired all the Jewish workers, all except my father. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“You guys have done a good job. We can have our custodians finish this tonight. The company wants to start tomorrow with putting in carpet. Things are moving fast now, my friends!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Under shellfire he wouldn’t bring his kitchen up near enough, so that our soup-carriers had to go much farther than those of the other companies. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked up to the door to the mortgage company office and pushed. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The company assembled in the restaurant car was a very subdued one. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you brought company. I remember Dale. Who is this fine young lady?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Today it is one of those companies whose customers drift in from all points along the economic spectrum. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

If all the workers stuck together and didn’t give in, the factory had to shut down, and the company owners lost money. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Even the bothersome flies would be better company than these two at the moment. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They were regularly joined by a stonecutter from the city’s paving yard named John Barry, who enjoyed their company. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Look,” he whispered as he shoved the furry creature into my hands, “I brought you Jesse James. He’s my best one. He’ll be good company for you.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The angry voices came clearly through the closed door of the company room. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie had a son in his late teens, and he wanted nothing more than to leave the company to this son. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Elfhelm, lead your company to the right when we pass the wall. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He and his dad drove to Peoria, Illinois, one weekend when Colin was eleven to visit Colin's great-great-aunt Esther, who was in a coma at the time and therefore not very good company. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She had thick-palmed, capable hands and many business interests; she traveled to Dubai to buy gold, to China to buy women’s clothing, and lately, she had become a distributor for a frozen chicken company. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you know. The ranch. The company. The Miracle Valley project. We own pirrything, love.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On her lap lay one of those innumerable pads of paper her husband brought home from his office, compliments of some pharmaceutical company, advertising tranquilizers or antibiotics or skin cream. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

After Mr. Carter sold out, the company was renamed Olga Coal Company. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The anonymous seller claimed to be a former IOI contract programmer and one of the lead architects of its company intranet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There are many Peugeot vehicles, but these are obviously not the company. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “Do you all want some company?” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Electric company. The account is under Dr. Burgess’s name, and we need to switch it over. They want a deposit.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Often, when the Queen was entertaining distinguished company under the flambeaux of the Great Hall, Lancelot had found him sitting by himself in a small room, mending stockings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t the androids keep you company? I heard a commercial on—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He decides which bananas, grapes, onions, and potatoes the company will sell and makes sure that there is always enough. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He sat in a corner, picking moodily at his boil, glaring at the bright assembled company. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The companies not only advertised in the newspapers, they issued booklets and broadsides describing and picturing the beauty and richness of the West. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He has inspired me to become an entrepreneur and start my own computer company. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Gertrude was jealous of her son’s company and spent many hours with him, laughing at his clever stories and hearing tales of his journeys. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

That’s all I am definitely not an indent making a daring escape with ten zettabytes of stolen company data in his pocket Nosiree. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Reverend Barker, who enjoyed Granddaddy’s company, seemed to take it in stride. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

But if your name’s on it, I know you’ll quit if the company tries to pull tricks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Good taste was out of place in the company of death, death itself was the essence of bad taste. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the workers drew up a list of unanimous petitions, a long time passed before they were able to notify the banana company officially. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But plenty of science was already on hold while researchers, universities, and biotech companies sued one another over ownership of various cell lines. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I have always taken good care to keep out of sections with small company commanders. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then cooks and food companies began adding cornstarch to as many recipes as they could. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The company had been enjoying a game of cards, but had broken off for the moment, evidently in order to drink a toast. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It was his first encounter with the enemy and he didn’t know whether his company was running toward them or away. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But there’s no shortage of company at home. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Lizzy looked sad and said, “I hope she gets better soon. I certainly miss your company.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Ty'ree had just cashed his check from the publishing company where he worked part-time, and Mama was filling out a money order for the rent. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Go back to your company, Corporal Salvador,” Polly told him, “and I will not tell my father that I saw you on the road.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the company of others, we exchanged only formal courtesies, arranging private meetings with our looks and with letters passed between us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Once he even called Bill Hewlett, one of the company’s founders, to request parts. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The leading company rode off as swiftly as they could, for it was still deep dark, whatever change Wídfara might forebode. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I was glad to leave campus, so I would be free to pout and mope before I went out tonight with Jessica and company. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We sat and watched as what looked like almost a full company of little soldiers moved out. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exactly two weeks later, at 3:20 in the afternoon, Singleton called the Cache County Attorney’s Office to see if they’d heard back from AT&T. No, the company had not complied. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Several scout companies were on Pavavu and all of them had Indians. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

With this, we bade farewell to the damsel, and were left to each other’s company. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I’m going to high school next year and I shouldn’t have to keep doing this. be a musician like Jimmy Leon’s dad or own an oil company like Coby’s? Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“And now we ride,” the Tattered Prince proclaimed from his huge grey warhorse, in a classic High Valyrian that was the closest thing they had to a company tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I imagined he did that in the boardroom of his land development company and made his employees nervous. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It seems to Celia that they provide a similar service within the present company. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

For some reason, in Moushumi’s company, he feels more apologetic than excited. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In 1934, when he was twenty-two years old, my father applied for work as a common miner with Mr. Carter’s company. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure he puts it on his company’s account, anyway He gives me the money and I thank him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

At companies run by suits, such activities definitely don’t qualify as work. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Second Sons kept their company armor in six big wayns drawn up near the center of their camp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He isn’t good company, he is not sympathetic, and he has little aesthetic value. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, he headed straight for the company room. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Peugeot has managers and shareholders, but neither do they constitute the company. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, there is much collaboration—a free flow of ideas, people, and information among companies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And we hear the number of our company called again and again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dale and I got up a few hours ago. He’s out working. I’m just here to keep you company on your first morning.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Mitch was old enough to be loud, so Uncle preferred my company. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Well met,” he said in a hoarse voice, “brave company of scarecrows.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

George Pullman continued to cut jobs and wages without reducing rents, even though his company’s treasury was flush with over $60 million in cash. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Daddy had brought his little radio to the sugarhouse to keep him awake in the night and to keep him company. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear paused for a moment before he said, "Are there any among you who wish to leave our company? If so, go now, and no one shall think the less of you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

All day he lay there listening to the silence of huddled trees with only a domineering black hen for company. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not now nor did I ever have anything in common with any of them, nothing except a knowledge of Greek and the year of my life I spent in their company. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Come on, let's ask Fenoglio where we can stay the night. He looks like he could use some company.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The company insisted that it wasn’t in the mining business, and thus did not need a lease from the Osage. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Namitha works for a company called Growing Stars, based in Cochin and Fremont, California. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Transistor radios and Dansette record players opened a bustling new market for record companies and they began producing music specifically aimed at teenagers. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The sheriff and local judges enforced the law only when it suited the coal companies. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

“Let him favor you all he chooses. But hear me well, in my company you will take your own part.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

If I had attempted to work for an optical company in Jackson and had failed, why should I not try to work for an optical company in Memphis? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His brain is a two-passenger minimum ride as far as he’s concerned—alone and busy or thinking with company. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

So it chanced that several companies came together at the road-meeting, in the dark beyond the light of the watch-fires on the wall. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The Ministry of Magic cars seemed almost ordinary, though Harry noticed that they could slide through gaps that Uncle Vernon’s new company car certainly couldn’t have managed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The clothing company GUESS? actually called me after the article ran in the L.A. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A national recession was under way, steel orders were reduced, and Coalwood was producing more coal than the steel company needed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The separation often resulted in factional fights between different ethnic groups and clans, which the companies did not effectively discourage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They couldn’t keep me company as humans, so they kept me company as animals,” said Lupin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Tom joined his company at a campsite sixty-five miles west of Abilene. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The company room was being readied with fresh whitewash and new linen curtains. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

They engulf algae, which then establish themselves as complex plant tissues, essential for the life of the whole company. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After being laid off from his job at a marketing company in 2003, he now works in an insurance company’s software and systems department. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, I mean this car. But it’s not really mine. I have it for work. It’s a company car so I don’t worry about it.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How does a lowly indent get access to secret Sixer dossier files and company memos?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I cannot tolerate another second in her company.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Captain, 1 want you to take your company out there.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was company and what a hard time fitting him into family life! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But I thought, well, how often does I get such fine company? So nothing but the best. Heads or tails?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed that in the confusion and the mingling of many companies of various kinds they had not been missed, not yet at any rate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He invested in Mr. Nico's company, which is a puzzle company. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Later, at Police Headquarters in Salt Lake City, a local television company was allowed to film an interview with them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Hester had not only disobeyed his orders in going out, but had been found in company with Lloyd’s Ned; which circumstance, I found, from what he said while whipping her, was the chief offence. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And think of the songs we could sing to keep ourselves company.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“If he sold his company, where does he work now?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Hazel could recall Hawkbit—a rather slow, stupid rabbit whose company for five snowbound days underground had been distinctly tedious. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s a load of hooey. But I can’t say I’m surprised. If this school was full of geniuses, I’d have a lot more company on the chess team.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

We found what turned out to be one of the last buses out of Tembisa, for the police were quarantining the ghetto, barring all company vehicles and public transportation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But nothing we did worked. And finally the company was going to cut them all down. I was ready to give up. But one day I was at a restaurant over in Cougar.” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard the easy coal’s almost gone and the company’s going to pull out.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Emily was five, they lived in New York and her dad was laid off from his job at a publishing company. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The shark paused and stared up at the company with small evil eyes. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

These two companies guide corn’s path every step of the way. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Met up with Griphook in the first couple of days and joined forces with Gornuk not long after. Nice to have a bit of company.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

After college, he had taken a job in the Loop, working in the marketing department of a company that sold office equipment. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Besides, with a million bucks you don’t need a job. You can buy a whole company and hire people to do the jobs for you.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One of my black classmates, a nerdy boy who was always kind to everyone, had parents who’d founded a big beauty-supply company and lived in one of the ritziest high-rises downtown. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But all the while the ready manner of my face and hands and body will say, “Yes, I am here, enjoying your company, so let us go on, please.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just four years after the end of the war, his company was shipping 60,000 pounds of “Genuine Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco” annually. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The larger the company, the safer I would be. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was so grateful that I asked her to marry me, though I found her dull company, ambitionless, too much of a shouter, a hitter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I was bored too, but I wanted to keep Grandma company. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even then, the company could borrow money, hire new employees, build new factories and buy new machinery. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tourists never go to downtown Orlando, because there’s nothing there but a few skyscrapers owned by banks and insurance companies. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Answer: Doing anything other than working during company time, anything at all. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Carlyle, Kafka, Virgil. It's hard to imagine better company, really.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

After his graduation from Yale he and his wife had moved to Odessa, where Bush worked as a salesman and clerk for an oil field supply company. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The headquarters themselves even look different, and with my lenses on, the walls are covered in swirls of color and artistic renditions of the company’s logo. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As her theater company collapsed, she thought of him more and more. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Lines were forming, like a company of soldiers. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

That was one of the things I liked best about Sohrab: We didn’t have to talk to enjoy each other’s company. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But I was pleased: finally I had a job, a job with a company that professed not to discriminate on the basis of colour or race. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, it looked like things were quieting down in Reston, and Dalgard felt relieved that his company had dodged a bullet. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, the company bulldozed the slack dams open, but during a strike that wasn’t going to happen. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow Ellsworth had blundered—either through carelessness or a clerical error—and didn’t pay $480 that was owed, and as contractually agreed upon, the company had the right to dispose of the storage room’s contents. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A van from a company that installs security systems blocks his parents’ driveway, and so he parks on the street, by the mailbox on the edge of the lawn. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our first attempt to explore how consumer product companies exploit class foundered when a major cosmetics company, which initially agreed to let a reporter inside their marketing department, got cold feet. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He'd been brought up with the touch of a human hand and he seemed perfectly happy to get back in the company of a man with possible access to canned food. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He avoided our company, preferring to spend his time with his drinking companions, mostly hired men from the less reputable theatre companies. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the weekend before I left, I heard Mom pester him about whether he had told the company that he was moving to Myrtle Beach. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The regent was loath to have me visit Qunu, thinking I would regress and fall into bad company back in my old village. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were walking now in the company of a dozen or more theatregoers. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Those tiny German beer companies are relatively inefficient. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, in order to make sure that we left no rubbish behind, he’d have us form a line, like a company front in the army, and march across the picnic ground. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The elegant company was welcome, but Roy kept his eyes fastened on the creek. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I trust that wherever Arthur is, he’s on his phone, keeping me company. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

All I ask in return is that you talk to me and keep me company. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Dr. Trefusis informs me he hath found refuge aboard a Tory’s ship, and making inquiries, determined the location of my company. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Major provisions of the Affordable Care Act had also gone into effect, with young people allowed to remain longer on their parents’ insurance policies and companies prevented from capping a patient’s lifetime coverage. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I think not. Some free companies have been known to take women, but... well, they are not Second Daughters, after all.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was needed in the headquarters company of an infantry regiment fighting in Luxembourg. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I should bring you, too, to keep him company," the soldier offers. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The very next day the pet finds itself bouncing at the back of the family Jeep in the company of its human brothers and sisters. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever a black family moved or suffered a slight reverse in fortune, it usually let its policy lapse and later bought another policy from some other company. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Want some company? Four hands are better than two,” she says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But we still had to go on being each other’s main company. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He interrupted me. I did not welcome his company," I lie. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They even had a contest once to see who could make the best logo for Planters peanut company. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His legs will be as good as thine one day, boy, and then he shall keep thee company right enough, on his feet.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She is the company’s top life insurance salesperson. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was taken back to Sassinoth and imprisoned, because I had been in the company of an outlaw, and probably because they did not know what else to do with me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Your vice presidents. Any of the executives in your company. How many are black?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the phone, she took out the directory to look up bus companies in the yellow pages. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then in the 1930s seed companies came up with a new kind of corn seed—hybrid corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She vowed that he would not evade her company so easily the next time he came. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The firm has recently expanded into computer-aided designs for a Japanese housing company. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

One bright summer day, I had lunch with two women who run a company in New Jersey called Sensory Spectrum. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Most of its industry comes from the great pulp and paper companies who work their timber concessions deep in the very heart of the forests; and from the mines, for it is rich in minerals. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The company was pulling up the train track, and the work crews were out, teams pulling the spikes out of the ties and hauling off the rails. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were first introduced to rap music during one of our visits to Mobimbi, a quarter where the foreigners who worked for the same American company as my father lived. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But here and there he caught the gleam of spears and helmets; and over the levels beside the roads horsemen could be seen riding in many companies. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The kook had been proud of his job at the company. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are kept company by other ships here in the port. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, Duke’s interest in his giant holding company waned soon after its creation. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

So, before they commit millions of dollars to signing an artist, record companies will spend a few thousand dollars to test his or her music first, using the same techniques as the radio stations. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She had probably come with some of her favorite toys to keep her company. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He took on big, monopolistic companies, deeming them “hurtful to the general welfare.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“If we took the rails, the scrap yard might be suspicious and tell the railroad company,” O’Dell answered. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had quit my job at the automobile company, and went into the garage business for myself. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fought them, one man against a whole company, and his flying spear struck down warrior after warrior. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

One shared the queen’s bed every night, to ascertain she had no other company; the other two slept in an adjoining chamber with the septa who looked over them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The market was in the grip of an Internet fever, and companies just kept building more and more capacity. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Our company needs more than a hundred reinforcements. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The power of the oligarchy, fueled by trusts and giant holding companies, was too great, and appeals to racial solidarity were ultimately irresistible to white Southerners. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

By 1913, there were approximately sixteen thousand separate companies in New York City’s garment business, many just like the Borgenichts’ shop on Sheriff Street. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

One more street passed, and we had lost them; the Captain of the Marine company called to Corporal Craigie and demanded that we divide two lanes between us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The rumor is that this colonel ran an entire automobile company before the war. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I comb through them again, staring at my sisters' faces, missing the sound of their laughter and the noise of their company. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you remind me a lot of James. He called it my ‘furry little problem’ in company. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

IOI owned hundreds of regional telecom companies, effectively making them the largest Internet service provider in the world. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It’s like a man to propose a bone and vulgar bread and cheese for company. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But perhaps, she thought, Einar would be in the meadow, tending his creatures, and would welcome her company. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of the dyed quills Grandma used so skillfully, Ten Snow had sewn the bag with trade beads bought in precious packets at the company store. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I stayed at the gas company after work until I finished my homework. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

After a few weeks, I was ready to swallow my pride and tell Colonel Jacobs that I would trade my long trousers for some company. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next, we have to get approval from our insurance company. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

For longer we sat, content to be in company once more. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The cheerful company maybe of someone who can provide the necessary things for the night. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buffalo Bill, resplendent in white buckskin and silver, was there to greet him, along with the rest of the Wild West company and ten thousand or so residents of Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Because then if the company does well the shares go up in value and you sell them to someone else and make money.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Shin fell in with these wanderers, guessing he would be safer in their company than traveling by himself. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He tells his parents in a letter that Theo is very sad about his father’s death but is still very good company. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Sure. I’ll move the boxes to a storage closet. And I’ll look into whether a donation company can pick up the rest.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The company of other boys would do him good, she had dared to suggest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Unsure how to act in the company of a divine presence, this living reincarnation of an ancient and illustrious lama, I was terrified of unwittingly giving offense or committing some irredeemable faux pas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the whole divine company, with a very few and for the most part not important exceptions, were entrancingly beautiful with a human beauty, and nothing humanly beautiful is really terrifying. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had spent five years with the company, rising from the ranks to a place of honor at Toyne’s right hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I pull up to a light on State Street across from the paper company. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“It hasn’t been easy, you know. Having only the dead for company. Knowing that I’ll never be accepted by the living. Only the dead respect me, and they only do that out of fear.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Through an employment agency she got a job as a secretary at ICI, a multinational pharmaceutical company in Braamfontein, a suburb of Johannesburg. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Old or young, lovely or plain, rich or very rich, he’ll keep them company and take their extravagant gifts, but he never stays, and once he’s gone he never comes back. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

From his PhD research on Korean pharmaceutical companies, Jim knew that the price of a drug to the public often had little to do with the costs of manufacturing or distributing it. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

To protect the insurance companies from bankruptcy, the Nazis forbade the Jews from filing insurance claims. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

At least she did not call for Ruth’s company. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But one of the many people who regularly brought unpleasant news of the deluge had told her that the company was dismantling its dispensaries to move them to where it was not raining. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Nope,” she said, “Legs is staying with me. I feel like some company.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was now among my fellow accused, and the company of my colleagues was a tonic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I have not ever heard of a police company. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She liked the outdoors, and a particular friend of hers had been assigned Farm some months before; she hoped to spend the next part of her working life in the company of someone she enjoyed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I just finished a draft essay about my career dream: a fair-trade company that invests in and designs eco-friendly clothes sewn and embroidered by Indian village women. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So Slavin contacted laboratories and pharmaceutical companies to ask if they wanted to buy his antibodies. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He later described his time with the Mercury company as “an experience lasting six months I wouldn’t have missed nor would want to go through again.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

And, in some broad sense, my writing is political because it concerns my movement away from the company of family and into the city. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their company would do with tobacco what John D. Rockefeller had done with oil and J. P. Morgan with steel: it would dominate the market and absorb or wipe out virtually all other manufacturers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

At noon the little company stopped at the sign of the Shepherd’s Bush for ale to go with their bread and cheese. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

In part, that was because the Mutual, operating in the vacuum of the segregated and underdeveloped South, quickly assumed a range of functions and responsibilities far beyond those of a mere insurance company. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Lucky for me you’re here to keep me company and help me eat all this good food,” he says. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“This will keep me company the whole way to Seattle. Thanks, Hattie. Thank you.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

In the company of carpenters, electricians, plumbers, and painters at lunch, I would often sit quietly, observant. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor had there been any radical changes among insurance companies, insurance brokers, or the people who buy term life insurance. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He might not be very good company, but Professor Lupin’s presence in their compartment had its uses. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I told her, in English, how very much I’d enjoyed her company. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I hope he didn’t go there. There are lots of transformers around Bovina. I found four when we were writing to the utilities company.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The driver looks up into his mirror and says, "My sister? She works at Sears out in Rockford. Good company, y'know? Good benefits." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inept or disreputable companies have on more than one occasion failed to deliver crucial logistical support—oxygen, for instance—as promised. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I shake my head primly, feeling like a real goody-goody or at least a barren subject for the gossips, present company included. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For me, the importance of all this was that I began to realize that the large chocolate companies actually did possess inventing rooms and they took their inventing very seriously. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to collaborating on the company’s games, he masterminded all of their early marketing campaigns and shareware distribution schemes, with astounding results. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They chose our company because we protect buildings with a combination of guards, dogs, and sensors. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I started hanging out at a soft drink company, volunteering to put labels on the bottles. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

A few months ago, her company and the school board came up with a new program that lets professionals take a leave of absence for a year to teach in inner-city schools. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’s dating someone, and maybe he likes that company. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The people, the voices that kept him company, were with him less and less. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I have also told them not to work for companies which make massacre machinery, and to express contempt for people who think we need machinery like that. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow knew that the phone companies whacked a three-dollar surcharge on every call made from a prison phone. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

For the safety at first, then for the company. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They took prototypes of the Aeron to local companies in western Michigan and had people sit in them for at least half a day. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Gale asked to be dropped off in 12 with me, but he didn’t force the issue when I refused his company. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

You could judge most folks by the company they kept, after all. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She saw that he was wearing his one Sunday suit and that underneath his shirt he bore the rash of the banana company. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

We don’t get much company at seven in the morning. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m not very good company. I just told you everything I know.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Eric wouldn’t be invited to his company’s holiday party because he wasn’t a full-time employee yet. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandfather engaged a special company to come in with polishing machines and clean the house; they washed the windows, painted, and disinfected the place from top to bottom until it was livable again. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The company’s representative arrived on the train from Austin. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Families all over the globe get together and enjoy each other’s company for all of a few minutes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The company will sign anything and then go do whatever it wants to do. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Claws in...Bloodlet...now break my heart, Razor, is that you? You have no idea how it hurts me to see you in His Majesty’s company.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For instance, Japanese steel, metal, car, car parts, camera, and consumer electronic companies compete fiercely and have higher productivities than their U.S. counterparts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Much of history revolves around this question: how does one convince millions of people to believe particular stories about gods, or nations, or limited liability companies? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A company will boast of having been “purveyors of fine jewelry to the gentry since 1861.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

People send DNA samples to testing companies that promise to help them learn more about their ancestors. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

With that the company said farewell to the island and the mound, and passed over the river, and climbed the further bank. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

By day, Fisher examined statistical information for insurance companies. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Nico stood at his back, and for once Jason was glad to have the guy’s company. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He kept it in the company room at our house, which was between the depot and downtown, and came by for a snort every morning on his way to work. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A great vat was overturned, and our little band of music stood upon it as upon a stage, our instruments accompanied by the unison tread of the company assembled. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

All but one of them was grown by a company called Cal-Organic Farms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He will often crave company, demand help, plead for both. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The company store gave credit until it couldn’t anymore. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t want me catching pneumonia now that I was company property. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

One payday Dad owed the mine company eleven cents. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t need to share his feelings—he needs the company. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It felt, I heard people say at the Big Store, as if the company had chased even God out of town. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

By the 1930s, however, utility holding companies came to symbolize the corporate corruption and greed that the average American saw as the root cause of the Great Depression. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Then Pa always said, “To keep an eye on the road,” as if I was really doing something when all I did was keep Pa company. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The City Lines bus company declared the proposed changes illegal and said that, unfortunately, their hands were tied. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Bijan seemed to feel sorry for me in a way that I found only a little demeaning, so I didn’t mind his company. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And he struggled to flee—out of this darkness, out of this company—into the land of the living, so high, so far away. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Understand this, dwarf. You are the last and least of our company. Hold your tongue and do as you are told, or you will soon wish you had.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

By the time I finished cleaning the gas company, I was emotionally exhausted. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Most embezzlers lead quiet and theoretically happy lives; employees who steal company property are rarely detected. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

That was the only time Dad and I were on the same team: when we were stuck with Farsi-speakers and left with each other for company. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A website came up advertising a landscaping company. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

In winter, the company picks up and moves its operation, and many of its employees, south to Yuma, Arizona. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

"Tell her it's Camellia Beauregard. Please. And if she still doesn't want any company, I will leave." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

One thing saved him: the company—and larcenous advice—of the city’s homeless, many of them teenagers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I gave her a bit of my company, and assured her that I had checked the lock, and told her that the flag on the moon was splendid. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When the men took out their pipes and lit their tobacco, 'S Ruth sneezed, and the company all turned and considered us. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Interestingly, oil company geologists had known for years that if you wanted to find oil you had to allow for precisely the sort of surface movements that were implied by plate tectonics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, look who’s decided to grace us with her company,” she said. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Hadn't they fallen into the company of a girl with a trained bear? The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The short-term wins for the United States and United Kingdom included regaining limited access to Iran's oil by having a stake in a holding company called Iranian Oil Participants, or IOP. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I sent resumes and letters to each company and requested an interview. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Mutual’s newspaper was quite open about the company’s determination to resist Du Bois’ call for an aggressive challenge to white rule. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It used to be bustling with people, but the company was crooked and couldn’t sustain itself. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We will be independent contractors, he tells us, not employees, which means, “if you lie to a customer the company is not responsible.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right. The snow may be falling in the winter of my discontent, but at least I’ve got sarcastic company. Sit down, will ya?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Martin appeared, introduced by one of her cousins who worked at the shipping company, she had tired of the gossip and long relinquished an interest in happiness. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Along with the cigarettes, those same companies had their names on the ballpark billboards too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one the company drifted off to their shelters and to sleep, all but Jon Snow, who had drawn the night's first watch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sol Painting is Papi’s company, but it’s only a matter of time before I’m running the show. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Throughout the next day the company went with greatest caution, for flights of gwythaints, Arawn’s fearsome messenger birds, were now seen against the clouds. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘I want to go straight from school to work for a company that will send me to wonderful faraway places like Africa or China. ’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry was squatting elbow to elbow with a couple of oil hands at a new drilling site when a Diamond T company truck barreled into the clearing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each regiment had two companies picked and trained for special duty. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shortly thereafter, he heard from his supervisor that the company leadership wasn’t particularly interested in pursuing the safety question. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was for the same reason, he said, that miners were often paid entirely with two-dollar bills, so that local merchants would realize how important the coal companies were to their businesses. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The company did what it had to do.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They were turned off by the electric company. We’re behind on a payment.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The company of these two young foxes drew him, whether he was welcomed or not. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She is supposed to be on the company health plan by now, but they claim to have lost her application form and to be beginning the paperwork all over again. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scruggs was awarded a Purple Heart and sent back to his company. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t want to deprive you of their delightful company.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The only way to make sure your plants produce the same amount of corn—that they have the same yield as the original hybrid—is to buy new seed every year from a seed company. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Because he was so dedicated to the Captain and the company, I saw little of my father while I was growing up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he was able to say that he had been introduced to his daughter, Miss Ruth Foster, and would appreciate having the doctor’s permission to keep her company now and then. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obviously media companies would pay dearly to know which homes were gobbling up lots of gigabytes, and then push their products there. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Sour and saturnine, with a maimed hand, Hungerford had been company paymaster for a time, until the Tattered Prince had caught him stealing from the coffers and removed three of his fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The woman and the van driver had realized that their argument ought to be handled by their insurance companies and were exchanging addresses when the woman saw Will helping Lyra to limp away. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big agribusiness companies take in billions of dollars in profit. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“We pult it off, the company was kind ’nough to notify our families and supply each one of ’em with a great big crispy piece of meat in a box for burying. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Some development company does own Garland. I should know. I sold it to them.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The phone company had to make sure the subpoena was in order. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Now, however, I am grateful for their company. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. 13-04, returning to the front of the company, shook my hand. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dad mumbled something about finding a phone to call the insurance company while Dr. Somerset started toward another family. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At her job, she had the highest sales record in the company for six years straight. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

White discovered that the insurance company had rejected the first application. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

At Belo Horizonte, he joined the university faculty and founded, on the side, Brazil's first DNA-fingerprinting company, providing paternity tests for families and forensic studies for the police. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In 1781 a company of Blackfoot stumbled across a Shoshone camp at dawn near the Red Deer River in Alberta. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Where are the rest of the soldiers in your company, and why are you out here alone at night?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Post was facing certain legal action by Nixon, and possibly fines that could cripple the company. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Played with them, I think. And also, pets provided company for lonely people. We don't have those now, of course.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

General Motors eventually persuaded other companies that benefited from road building to help pay for the costly takeover of America’s trolleys. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

Billington was not among the company of saints, to put it mildly; within six months of arrival he became the first European in America to be tried for sassing the police. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I heard about kids working in private offices in the neighborhood or at one of the insurance companies on 23rd Street. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you girls should keep your uncle company while he drives.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Oh no, he’s from the Ford car company and he’s got a better idea. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped him off at home on my way to work at the gas company. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes the companies don’t pay. Better to be sure.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Winifred the otter, and the beaver, in company with that reprobate Ambrose Spike, are testing the quality of the October nutbrown ale. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Dubonnet’s a union rabble-rouser. I don’t want you talking to him anymore. I’m a company man, and that makes you a company boy, understand?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The company was in fact a screen that shielded the real source of the money: the king of France. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Headquarters for the company is a low-slung, unpretentious red brick building. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was technically illegal to bury anyone on company property, but the colored people had a cemetery somewhere up Snakeroot Hollow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We pass a sign for a biotech company. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

By spreading relatively moderate losses among many big companies, North Korea concealed how bad a risk it was. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

One by one they left him, moving ahead, cheering up when they were out of his company. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Micho or Benny would walk out and one of them could keep her company. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I worked explosives before the company brought in the continuous-mining machines. Powder’s got to be bone-dry.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Wal-Mart employees who have bucked the company—by getting involved in a unionization drive or by suing the company for failing to pay overtime—have been fired for breaking the company rule against using profanity. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only when the concessions of the mines were returned to the North American companies after three years of nationalization did a few voices suggest that this amounted to giving the country away wrapped in cellophane. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

To spend your days in the company of naked men—that was the life for me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She wanted to be a Rose, somebody’s Rose, their Rose—and she would have been company for the flowers. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Why are they all alone, with only other childrens for company? The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Whenever company came over for Sunday dinner, however, Sourmelina greeted them with the overdressed baby pinned to her shoulder, the perfect accessory. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

‘The meaning of it, fair people,’ said Frodo, ‘is simply that we seem to be going the same way as you are. I like walking under the stars. But I would welcome your company.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“How long do you think the Yunkishmen will want to continue paying wages to four free companies?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

How many forlorn hours in the arboreal city with only meerkats for company? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Experiencing all there is to experience, and enjoying the company of others.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When they tried to buy it in Paris, a drug company representative told them they couldn’t. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Like Earthbound Farm, Petaluma Poultry is a large industrial organic company. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I could only wonder because the company had refused to let me see. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The women and children sometimes heard gunfire as company guards took strikebreakers to the mine each day and strikers tried to stop them. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

They’d also convinced two fledgling biological supply companies—Microbiological Associates and Difco Laboratories—to begin producing and selling ingredients for culture media, and taught them the techniques necessary to do so. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I just met him at the replacement company.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They might be encamped on the surrounding hills, or they might be only a small company. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Not with ghosts in the house. Got all the company I need.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

A skilled tool and die maker, my father made replacement parts for broken machines and crafted forms for the glass bottles the company produced. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The new language of Korean Air was English, and if you wanted to remain a pilot at the company, you had to be fluent in that language. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“He’ll be glad o’ sensible company, he will, alone in that castle with them young rascals from Glasgow.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Even in the hottest part of summer we’d have to put on long clothes to protect our arms and legs—and forget about having company over. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Although I was no longer in love with the Captain, I did not wish to be thrown in such close company with him again—just the two of us. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to write back to that company and tell them never mind, I’ll keep her. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be glad to receive company,” she said, “later on when I’m more moved in. Right now, of course, it’s out of the question.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ned hired an express company to collect her trunk and saw her to the station. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The logging companies hired full-time hunters who fed entire logging camps, taking ten or fifteen deer each week and fifty wild turkeys in one month. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was such bad karma, the company sold it to some other hotel chain, and built a new hotel—a massive green Oz-like gambling cathedral. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The mobile companies concentrated their cell phone sites along highways, hoping to capture business from bored motorists. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We don’t have them yet in New York—the unions have kept them out—but many states have been tempted by the prison companies’ promises of cost savings. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before dawn were we summoned; we went to our companies and assembled. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When the conflict ended, they expected company owners to reward them with better pay, shorter working hours, and safer conditions. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Harper was there, too, but she was in her office the whole time, on the phone with the company that made the programs. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Odysseus was determined to drive the suitors away by force, but how could two men take on a whole company? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

No means of faring home are left him now; no ship with oars, and no ship’s company to pull him on the broad back of the sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her company would have made the escape more difficult, but Cora hadn’t been a baby. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Dad told me that one company had been so alarmed by the success of Mother’s oils, they had offered to buy her out for an astonishing three million dollars. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Has four bedrooms upstairs: one for David, one for his folks, one just for company, and one for his father’s books, with a computer in it. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then come and watch. I want my friends to see what I got for my birthday. Besides, I have missed your company,” Clay said boldly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had more time to spend with Ultima, and in her company I found a great deal of solace and peace. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Georgia Boy had been assigned to another company in the second wave. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the safe harbor of each other’s company they could afford to abandon the ways of other people and concentrate on their own perceptions of things. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

An exceedingly calm, circumspect man, Groom was pleasant company but seldom spoke unless spoken to and replied to questions tersely, in a barely audible voice. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“A little buddy to keep you company,” he said, casually dropping it in the boy’s lap. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was planning to open an office in Paris which would handle his business directly with the big companies, on the spot, and he wanted to know how I felt about going there. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I was off company property, so perhaps he felt I had followed his orders, at least to an extent that satisfied him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Simba Quix was doing a lot to open up managerial and supervisory positions to blacks: there were already one or two black district managers in the company. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stated, furthermore, that they were not being paid in real money but in scrip, which was good only to buy Virginia ham in the company commissaries. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The fact that so many of the striking steelworkers were foreigners added fuel to the fire, something that the steel companies were quick to capitalize upon. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Tom, who’d spent much of his life in male company, was taken with her. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Over the last few centuries such companies have become the main players in the economic arena, and we have grown so used to them that we forget they exist only in our imagination. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not much company, but you can always chat with the witch.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because British municipal governments had invested heavily in gas lighting and placed regulatory obstacles in the way of the competing electric light companies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess they don’t want company. Might as well be on our way.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She needed to write two checks, one for cash and the other to move money into the company’s payroll account. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They were too busy figuring out how to counter Gustavus Swift and his fellow meatpacking company owners, who were relentlessly creating divisions in order to prevent the workers from showing a united front. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

To Nichols: “Find my brother. Send all company commanders. Hold your positions.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told me he was from a small town in Germany, but had been in South Africa a couple months, working for a German company. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy finally came in, rubbing his hands together and putting on his big company smile. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, Mudgett was convinced that the fundamentals of the approach had merit—that by faking the deaths of others, he could indeed fleece life insurance companies. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A poor farmer who tills the nuns’ field, his three hollow-eyed children, and a guest, a traveling scholar, round out the company. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Similarly, “anyone who seeks out the company of such vicious creatures as werewolves and giants would appear to have a fondness for violence.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

If a divorced lady were present in the company of her second husband, it is often thought desirable not to allude to the original marriage at all. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

While I served out the pie and poured me some sweetmilk from the pitcher on the table, Grandpa slipped into our company room closet for you-know-what. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There was still a question concerning money due Bobby from the company that had purchased the television rights to the match—some $1 million. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Each realized that the public, which suddenly could not get enough of e-mail and browsing, wanted the Internet companies to work together and create one interoperable network. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You’re not going to get any. You’re going to get eighty shares of stock in a company called the Memorial Wooden Container Corporation.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

There were probably more students who needed the company of other writers, as well. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But Mister Singer was not there, and later on her Dad said he came in very late the night before and had company in his room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I have to tell them the make and model and insurance company.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Well, if the price for Robert's company is an infestation of Lannisters, so be it. It sounds as though Robert is bringing half his court." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“He’s an actor by trade, and often travels around the world with various theater companies.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

His uneasiness increasing instead of subsiding, after a quarter of an hour’s consideration, he set off for the coach-office with Startop, who volunteered his company, to make inquiry when the next coach went down. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

On May 11, 1906, the wrecking company dynamited the wheel, for scrap. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Had the company been giving monkeys shots with dirty needles? The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Say you are running a company and you have been asked to give a speech and a PowerPoint presentation in two days. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

One of us always stayed with him, not just to keep him company but also to make sure he didn’t try anything cute, like prying off the ankle bracelet. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Make me know a loneliness I never could imagine in a forest empty of people for fifteen miles, or on a riverbank with nothing but live bait for company. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sylvanus and the colored girl was laughing and enjoying one the ’nother’s company and I slid my eyes o’er to ’em and something all the sudden hit me and made me want to cry. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

If he was tired of her and her childish company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Joe told the kids that he would be coming by to keep them company from now on. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The man was credible enough—his company held the contract for inspecting all the steel used in the fair’s structures—but the thing he proposed to build just did not seem feasible. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, steel companies had incited this xenophobia and painted strikers as wanting to overthrow the government. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Some companies tell customers that their test results indicate they have Native ancestry. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

He started the company, but there was not much money and my mom was worried. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The company required the dead miner’s family to move within two weeks of the accident that killed him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The first real work in Jackson Park began on February 11, when fifty Italian immigrants employed by McArthur Brothers, a Chicago company, began digging a drainage ditch. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“The Blue Jay Extended Stay Lodge—also known, this week, as Olympia Village—is, as you may have noticed, my personal bird sanctuary. Please enjoy our feathered friends’ colorful, song-filled company and merry antics.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“For now, you are allowed to depart in the company of these people. But let me tell you that if you appear within the town limits again, you will be treated mercilessly.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

In those days it was a company town, a ghetto owned and controlled by the canneries. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabelle is learning that he likes the company of the ladies. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But two minutes later my mother comes in and tells me to get dressed because I have company. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A cloud of dust from the northeast clued me in to company coming. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I told my mother that we met the GUESS? staff, and how they surprised us with gifts and gave us a brief history of the company. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Shares in a company. You would buy shares in a company.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

In Providence, residents phoned the electric company, asking it to switch off the lights “so that the city would be safe from the enemy.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I know you keep in touch with a number of employees at my former company, Mrs. Halliday. What are they saying about me?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted the company of Jesse Aarons and Summer and Uncle Ob. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The plants will have all the good traits the seed company promised. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“He died fighting. He kept a whole company of Muscovites at bay while the man escaped. I found his body. He died bravely. I shall avenge him.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He held top sales jobs at four different technology companies that were ultimately sold or went public for more than a billion dollars each. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the company of the archers, Anya rode straight past them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I reckon we can turn all the lights on without company, if we want to.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was in negotiations to acquire another company. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Record companies spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on promotion, trying to get their videos on MTV, and if they can get them broadcast one hundred or two hundred times, they consider themselves very lucky. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“You having company? We have to go outside now?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was imagining how surprised Petra would be to have his company. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

While living in Africa, Hugh and his family took frequent vacations, often in the company of their monkey. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Within weeks, the Post- Intelligencer was warning the locals to expect company, and competition for those jobs, soon. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Griff had feared that the company might have grown lax under Harry Strickland, who had always seemed more concerned with making friends than enforcing discipline; but it would seem his worries had been misplaced. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She instructed her about deafness and blindness—how valuable and necessary they were in the company of whitewomen who spoke English and those who did not, as well as in the presence of their children. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when it came to the Cyprus situation they parted company. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve been downstairs in the living room all night, with the television on for company, fear ebbing and flowing. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of us on a clear part of the street a company of boys were dancing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“And in truth, could we but—” “Horsewhip!” 03-01 sang out gaily, holding one aloft, and the company silenced itself. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They knew my mom owned her own company and was the boss everywhere she went. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“B. cepacia thrives best in saliva or phlegm. A cough can travel six feet. A sneeze can travel up to two hundred miles per hour, so don’t let one fly in mixed company.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Finally, pharmaceutical companies have sometimes had limited access to quality ingredients. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

"We require an affidavit releasing the company of responsibility," he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we parted company, I walked on lost in thought. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He sent his long whip-lash cracking over their heads; then with another crack and a yell he started the company off again at a brisk trot. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I can stay. I can keep you company.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Shephard says my idea touched a lot of hearts, and companies have reached out to Mrs. Priest because they want to donate whatever they can to make the room nice. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

"I've heard it said that's why Will Kempe left the company. They say he made off with the book of As You Like It, and sold it to a touring company in Leicester." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The price of chicken wings, the company’s bread and butter, had risen. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was never a special occasion, nor was she ever expecting company. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He accused certain governments, pharmaceutical companies, and public health policies of favoring the “maldistribution of medical technologies.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I mean if he were a girl—somebody in my dorm, for example—he’d have been painting scenery in some stock company all summer. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t expect any company today, Ray,” she said. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

What was my indignant surprise when he called upon the company to pledge him to “Estella!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Against all those drab company rentals, the Fuller house probably looked like an illustration for “home sweet home.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A rather dull affair, if I must admit. But the company was delectable.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

At five o’clock, when the offices closed, I walked a few more blocks to the gas company, which was on West Main Street. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Our company was composed of bodies too short or too tall, all graceless and all—except mine—pale. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She injured her leg and was out of commission with the dance company for a while, but recently she was given a big role in a new piece. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had thrown away minutes in her company. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He just stared right past us, to make a point of turning his back on the present company of Underdowns and Mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

How delicious it would be for young Eddie to become a millionaire at the expense of the company that fired his mother! The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One time, he remembered, she had gone downtown to the gas and electric company because they had cut off the heat. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So far as most of them were concerned, Connington had drunk himself to death in Lys after being driven from the company in disgrace for stealing from the war chest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With customers able to instantaneously find the cheapest policy, the more expensive companies had no choice but to lower their prices. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Today the seed companies have taken things a step further. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“A strange creature, that one. I’ve never heard of a salvage company that would bond that sort of muscle.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The company was ordered to provide to the trooper, as an official of the state, records associated with the number 435-XXX-3739. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When a company puts out its earnings, one of the first things it does is hand it to the wires—Reuters, Dow Jones, and Bloomberg—for distribution. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Three more trays needed to be brought up the stairs, but I allowed myself a quick peek at the company before I fetched them. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Altogether too exciting to the Congolese, and disinclined to let White control the board, preferring the counsel and company of Black. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I missed you this Felling past at the Eolian, but though denied your company, I had the good fortune to meet someone quite interesting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Pax lay down shoulder to shoulder with the old fox, pressing tight in full company. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

At one point, Mr Lewis said to the company: 'I agree with you, gentlemen, our M. Dupont can be very unpredictable. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

If it had not been for Roberto and those driving lessons in the van behind the gas company, I would have done worse, and I would not have gotten my driver’s license. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The house we rented had been built by a mining company. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

With another touch of his mother’s hand, Robin left the company and went to find Brother Luke and to make himself ready for the audience. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The traditional ceremony of the circumcision school was arranged principally for Justice — the rest of us, twenty-six in all, were there mainly to keep him company. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A company representative later noted dryly of Hale’s effort to secure a $25,000 policy, “I don’t think it would seem regular.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I want to figure out what furniture we should keep, before Carlos schedules a donation company to come by for the rest. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

On his frequent visits, he could be spotted chatting amiably with workers or engineers, sometimes in the company of less patient companions, such as Groves. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I may need civilized company to like you. I’ve made up my mind. It’s off to finishing school with you.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tag was in his official company khaki uniform, a company badge in the shape of a star on his jacket. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Who knows? If she gets control of her company, Patel Global’s a big buyer.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty-five men were cut off from the company. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or is it just for company, because they know they’re all doomed? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Papá and Joe García borrowed money from a savings and loan company to buy a small tractor, tools, wood to build a shed to store them, and an outhouse. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Come down and keep me company,” Dad said. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Nguyen was starting to think that no amount of money was worth another minute in this strange company. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There’s no record of Hopkins and Gey accepting money for HeLa cells, but many for-profit cell banks and biotech companies have. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“The issue of Korean Air is not a matter of an individual company but a matter of the whole country,” he said. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Charles’s mother, Susanna, was the daughter of Josiah Wedgwood, who had founded the famous and profitable Wedgwood pottery company. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr Lewis shrugged, raised his glass to all the company, drank and sat back down. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

These were rough around the edges from our camp can opener and stamped with expiry dates and some with company names: Campbell’s, Heinz. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need the company of a rat. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“In that case, I would welcome some company. There’s little enough aboard this ship.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Or taken an apartment in New York and worked for a magazine or an advertising company. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

All the company drew away from Pippin and Sam, who found themselves left alone in a corner, and eyed darkly and doubtfully from a distance. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Misery loves company, and madness calls it forth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The company vacated the building afterward, and to this day it stands empty. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither company sells products directly to consumers, so they don’t advertise. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And sadly, his good friend Roulin, who has been keeping close company with him, has been transferred to Marseille. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In that same company Pippin was also to go, as a soldier of Gondor. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The rest of that day went in arranging with Lord Gorchern and others for the reception and lodging of the ship’s company. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the second day his company was assembled on the top deck and told that they were moving toward Tarawa atoll, where they would go ashore at Betio, a strongly defended island. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His company had been contracted shortly after the storm to come in and begin the cleanup. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Really, it was sort of refreshing to have a boy prefer her company to a girl like Isabelle’s. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was excited to help me clean the gas company and not have to work in the fields. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

They would be good company for the journey. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We left Grandma home, not knowing how she would handle being in the company of Terri and Anna. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Werner zips his old notebook and the little house into his duffel and the man beside him murmurs questions to himself and the rest of the ruined company sleeps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Pesza worked at the electrical company outside the ghetto, and from time to time, she, too, brought back bread or a potato or two. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Flint goes away to his own planet. He puts up invisible barriers so that others won’t sense life-forms there. He creates robots to protect himself and keep him company. They ar....predictable.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Perot had routinely rubbed shoulders with the most powerful men in the world—presidents, senators, heads of state, chief executive officers of Fortune 500 companies. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two hours later, the cookies were delivered, and Oliver had been grateful for Angie’s company. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She had obviously never been in the company of a black who had no inhibitions around whites. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The company has made all the money it’s ever going to make. Now is the time to sell.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The king now returned to the Hornburg, and slept, such a sleep of quiet as he had not known for many years, and the remainder of his chosen company rested also. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

At seven in the morning, when Colonel Gerineldo Márquez came to fetch him. in the company of a group of rebel officers, he found him more taciturn than ever, more pensive and solitary. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He sought warmth and company in the bustling Bartleby mausoleum, but the Bartleby family—seven generations of them—had no time for him that night. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth's good company and the sizzle of Mr. Darcy make the eight-hour flight across the Atlantic go by in a flash. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Within a few years, Feldman was delivering 8,400 bagels a week to 140 companies and earning as much as he had ever made as a research analyst. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Thalia and Grover will accompany Zoe, Bianca, and Phoebe. You shall leave at first light. And may the gods”—he glanced at Dionysus—“present company included, we hope—be with you.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Dr. Darwin would hold forth for hours at a time at the dinner table and in the parlor afterward with his children and any company as captive audiences. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa used to work at a small import/export company until he retired a few years ago. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

"I shall—but I must warn you: This tale is darker and bloodier than the last. I wouldn't want to upset any of the present company." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

There was no company to look forward to. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

My father, and the company, looked the other way on it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You are a director of the company, M. Bouc,” he said, “What do you say?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning’s bright light and in the safe company of classmates, Satan never aroused very much terror. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be a peacock. I only moaned a trifle to keep the girls company.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

A doctor had to examine Roan—a heavy drinker who had once wrecked his car while intoxicated—and deem him a safe risk for the insurance company. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“He truly transformed our little part-time orchestra to a nationally recognized company with several recordings.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Jay, is Mama supposed to have company today?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as we landed I was told to go back to my company. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was, it registered not in his eyes but in his feelings, and was most clearly known to him by its absence in the company of anyone but her. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

They saw the Pullman Company’s “Ideal of Industry” exhibit, with its detailed model of Pullman’s company town, which the company extolled as a workers’ paradise. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I’d just have to prove that they were using the telegraph company to defraud. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still on my first job, which didn’t pay much: I worked a computer in an insurance company. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A high school dropout, he used to work for a landscaping company; it went out of business, and he had to come to the offices to request a permit to hunt for another job. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He eventually bought out his partners, making him the majority owner, president, and CEO of his company. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The same is true for many other companies. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She needs company, and so the two spend a lot of time together. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Margaret was so serious about that soap, when she heard a rumor that the company might go out of business, she bought an entire boxcar full of it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In high school physical education classes, I withdrew, in the regular company of five or six classmates, to a distant corner of a football field where we smoked and talked. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the company prospered, Parker branched out into new areas. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I want you, if you can, to tell me if anyone passed along that corridor after the train left Vincovci until the time you parted company for the night.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were in just the right mood, and there would certainly have been a dust-up if our company commander had not appeared. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not see them, but he knew that all round him were the companies of the Rohirrim. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The trial would adjourn until eight o’clock the following morning, at which time the power company expected to have the lights on. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Company property is for company business, not for launching rockets.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed a company calendar beside a stethoscope and a miniature silver paint brush. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The public-relations hack for a security firm refers to the company’s activities in a press statement in terms of the way she thinks about them when selling them to potential clients. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He would have taken someone with him for company but quite by accident everyone was away or was busy. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After each instance, union people eventually found the wherewithal to rally and try again, until 1934, when companies were forced by the federal government to recognize unions and negotiate with workers. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

There, Duke announced his stunning plan: the men would weld their five companies into a single mammoth holding company. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a rather large company, twenty all together. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Finally she was sent to Shanghai, to some close friends with an invalid daughter; Theresa was to keep that daughter company for a few months. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In isolation, one was deprived of company, exercise, and even food: one received only rice water three times a day for three days. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poppy had worked there for a time until a war broke out between union miners and company “detectives.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His presentation fell mostly on deaf ears, until a young Dutchman, who worked for a nonprofit company in Holland called International Dispensary Association, grew frustrated at the impasse. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In this setting, another, more insouciant company had hunkered down. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And to add to the misery, they were my only company. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Were the marines being sent as well as the grenadiers and light infantry companies? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mind some company?” he asked, gesturing to the wall. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He follows past company houses and the sentry at the bottom of the hill to where the mining officials reside. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They were the despised and rejected, the wretched and the spat upon, the earth’s offscouring; and he was in their company, and they would swallow up his soul. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It is my suspicion that he is too sensible of how words desert him to tell tales in company; but I wish ardently that he should speak freely. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Writing of numbers and individuation reminds me of companies which will name a star after anyone who pays a $35 fee. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why does the Japanese food-processing industry, like the German beer industry, consist of small companies with local monopolies? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening she called up the boat company. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I talked about it in select company but seldom thought of it when alone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A child with big eyes and a memorable smile, encountered in a dirt-floor hut, made him feel like bringing over the company bulldozers. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In town, Hilly and Elizabeth spent all weekend going to and from each other’s houses, while I was only allowed to spend the night out or have company every other weekend. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You were seen entering the catacombs last night after curfew”—the Mask almost sounds bored—“in the company of known Scholar rebels.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mayors of far-off places requested the honor of his company. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"But you don't get a company of two hundred horse and horsemen watered and victualed and armed and saddled and started all in a minute. Now: what's our direction? Due North?" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The old wooden structure had been empty of mules since Mr. Carter had sold the company to the steel mill. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

These multinationals went global for markets and labor, spearheaded first by the expansion of the Dutch and English joint-stock companies and the Industrial Revolution. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

The pleasure of your company is requested at the Grand Civic Opera, January ninth, seven p.m. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t realize how much he preferred my company in particular until he came in one night a little drunk and found Alice and I eating together in her cabin. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Why should I? I’d be a natural on TV, and the network—or the cable companies—would be crazy not to hire me.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

No wonder he has such a strict company policy of not talking about his family. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Having been frequently in company with him since her return, agitation was pretty well over; the agitations of former partiality entirely so. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Dark red. It’s all sort of jumbled and I don’t really like the red bit, when I saw it, it hurt my head. The company part is nicer.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I suspect the fact that her dad works for the mall management company had something to do with it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The two of them provided the mules with affection and doctoring and kind company. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As far as he knows, his brother is working at Goupil’s, living with De Haan, keeping company with him and other artists. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Somewhere outside, the flap and swish of air through cloud-pine needles and witch garments told that the witches were keeping them company into the upper airs. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Me, I usually bring a book to keep me company. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“The company will prepare your contract and send it to your lawyer for approval. Then we—they will fly you here to Columbus to sign the paperwork and close the deal.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The company also provided your avatar with high-end armor, vehicles, and weapons, and covered all of your teleportation fares. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Sophie had a job, after school, with a dance company in Los Angeles. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pa was out keeping company with a Miss Marva Hendrix from Brownsville, and Uncle Darnell was carrying a rifle in the jungles of Vietnam. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Actually, I was often glad of their company. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Seems to me, with the money I spend with you, you could take time to call me up. Or maybe your dam company’s in a conspiracy with those dam eastern sharks.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kok, a Dutch businessman of extreme wealth, was president of a Belgium-based banking company, SWIFT, and was responsible for organizing several international tournaments. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After three days in the company of the wheeled creatures, Mary Malone knew rather more about them, and they knew a great deal about her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

On the evening of that day they overtook the Samanas and requested their company and allegiance. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt my way down the cellar stairs with my toes and heard the sound of laughter from Madam’s company. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

How comes it that you can endure such company? The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And if that wasn’t enough, paying ten dollars a month to somebody to tell you how to lose it fast, that either dont know anything about it or is in cahoots with the telegraph company. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for your company. See you in the morning?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then Finn lay down in blood, bold king with all his company, and the queen was taken; and, loaded with rings King Finn could not refuse, the Danes sailed home. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not until the company’s reputation was firmly established did Spaulding end the ghoulish practice. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They will make these women watch, and we can keep them company.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The profile listed my indent account balance, pay grade, blood type, current performance review rating—every scrap of data the company had on me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

‘Then wilt thou not let me ride with this company, as I have asked?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“But your company advertised this event as open to the public,” Officer Delinko pointed out. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Better a company of fools than the company of thieves." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

All the grenadier and light infantry companies were to be taken off duty until further orders. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not my fault either. I didn’t invent it; I just bought a little of it while under the impression that the telegraph company would keep me informed as to what it was doing.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had filed for bankruptcy and was bought out by another company, Parker & Parsley, for virtually nothing. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can come, Ray,” Axel says, because maybe, just maybe, he needs some company for this next part of the journey. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The fence said Dad had run him out, but I think the real reason was he had done his job for the steel company as the designated hatchet man. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the company of strangers now, I do not reveal the person I am among intimates. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, in a loud and cheerful company, they ate an excellent meal. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazleton employees then drove them to an incinerator owned by the company, where the monkeys were burned at a high temperature, high enough to guarantee the destruction of Ebola organisms. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other institutions—the nation’s political parties, the industries of mass entertainment and communications, the companies that employed them—have all treated my parents with condescension. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In its report the company stated its determination to "maximize the cash generated by TEL as its usage continues to phase down around the world." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Plus, he wants to go keep James company out front. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We wanted to show equally how much we were thankful for each other’s company. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Rummaging through his backpack, he discovered that he’d left behind the slip of paper containing the name of his interviewer and the company’s exact address. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the light dawned in the morning, they were like a company of ghosts, their faces drained and pale with strain, their beards and hair white with snow and salt spray. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Where do you think that art supply company found out about your paper chain? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Had some member of the company found it? The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

All the managers could be dismissed and all its shares sold, but the company itself would remain intact. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’re not the first escaped slave to join the company, but that don’t mean we need to shout your presence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ned was often dragged along for company, whether he willed it or not. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The longer I stayed with the company, and the longer I was away from Falconer, the less incentive I felt to complete my mission. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

After the comfort and the company of Chicago I had had to learn to be alone again. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were a threat, but they were also company. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The operation was canceled, and Allen’s company was sent back to base camp. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Besides ours, I was about to say, but I did not know whether or not they would still count me as part of the company after this. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The adjoining racetrack had been torn down, and now more than five hundred companies contracted by the Nazi state were at work preparing the site for the Olympic Games. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It’s less acceptable to drink on the train on a Monday, unless you’re drinking w ith company, which I am not. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were content with just food and water, and, in exchange, they generously gave of their wool, their company, and—once in a while—their meat. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you working for the phone company now, or what?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The altar and the organ were made by a vacuum-cleaner company in Camden, New Jersey— and said so. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we sat on a stone, dandling our feet in the water and enjoying each other’s company as we rested. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But with GMOs, a company can own a patent on a living organism. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

However, he was only a hundred miles from his destination— Omaha, Nebraska, the headquarters of the large meat packing company for which he worked. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oars and gear they left for their light-hearted squires to carry, and all in company made off for the assembly ground. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last he left the tent in which he had sat so long, and went down to where the Greeks were gathered, a wretched company, Diomedes grievously wounded, Odysseus, Agamemnon, and many another. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Long as I can get a copy of your report for the insurance company. Least we’ll be covered for lost time and expenses.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He shuns the company of all and will see no one,” Horatio said, giving me a regretful look. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The summer after his freshman year of college, Chris returned to Annandale and worked for his parents’ company, developing computer software. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so sorely in need of company and comfort that the attention brought to making each one of these mass-produced goods felt like a special attention paid to me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

My dad’s company, Duros Construction, does roofing and roof repair all around Chokecherry and Shadbush County. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It parted company with the top of the ramp. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each of the four free companies serving Yunkai had sent its commander. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He would have to manage the delivery of supplies, goods, mail, and all exhibit articles sent to the grounds by transcontinental shipping companies, foremost among them the Adams Express Company. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

William Burns had once investigated Comstock for allegedly assisting an oil company in a scheme to bribe the Osage Tribal Council for a favorable lease, but the charge was never proven. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

"I cannot say I enjoyed your company, but I shall leave you something to remember me by." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Will rolled his eyes upward, as though referring to the gods, but I presumed he meant the men who held shares in the company. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The phones at Sierra-tel, the national telephone company, weren’t going through anymore. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Homer, please. Give me some credit. No, I paid attention to what worked with the boys—like Band-Aids. I bought a ton of stock from the company that made the best ones.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I then proudly passed out copies of Paul Green’s Hymn to the Rising Sun to all members of the company. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The recipe was guaranteed not to fail by the company which made the shortening. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain called in the company commanders, gave them the position. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were the Picketts, Nelson, who’d played tackle for Georgia Tech and now worked for Parke-Davis, the pharmaceutical company, and his wife, Bonnie, who was always reading the miraculous tales in Guideposts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Soon afterward, he resigned from the pancake company and took a job as a cruise director in Miami. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judging from the company he keeps, he’s a gangsta in sheep’s clothing. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We create an email address for our company and put it on the flyers. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Downtown, Montgomery Ward installed a new Customer’s Parlor, where excursive fair visitors could loiter on soft couches while browsing the company’s five-hundred-page catalog. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Here is the baby jumping off a high rock into a deep pool in the company of cheering friends. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

If so, what were the characteristics of a company that stole versus a company that did not? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Later that summer, when company came to call, Dad would whistle assembly and then introduce us. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The company all stared at me as I passed straight among them. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She felt so much alone that she sought the useless company of her husband, who had been forgotten under the chestnut tree. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I am not one to press my company upon those who do not value it. If Dumbledore chooses to ignore the warnings the cards show —” Her bony hand closed suddenly around Harry’s wrist. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They set to on the afterdeck, having at each other lustily whilst the rest of the morning company looked on. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

To do so he took another job as a traveler, this time with a nursery company based in Portland, Maine. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And all the company laughed with them; for most were drunk; and we who were sober—we still wore shirts on which it said, Liberty to Slaves. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I loved my brothers, Elizabeth, and Clerval; these were “old familiar faces,” but I believed myself totally unfitted for the company of strangers. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men stood aside to let Rachel and Kit walk ahead into the company room. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Stewart, our company commander, came over and asked what was wrong, and Brunner told him what had happened. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t. But the company would. Look! Why don’t you cash in the children’s policies?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I run a publishing company, gentlemen. We deal with hundreds of books. Thousands. You’ll have to be more specific than that.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I reckon we’re the best customer the gas company has. Except maybe Mrs. Quimbly. I hear she keeps that house so hot that you can fry an egg right on her hardwood floor.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have never understood why men with regular, difficult jobs can sometimes feel an unexplainable dedication to a company, but my atoms have not been together for so many miles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was glad of the Ring, for here was yet another company of orcs on the march. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The second insurance company approved the policy after Hale took Roan to the Pawhuska doctor again for the required medical examination. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I walked down to the river to keep Charley company, returned, even shaved and took a sponge bath in a bucket. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are a thousand tiny beer companies in Germany, shielded from competition with one another because each German brewery has virtually a local monopoly, and they are also shielded from competition with imports. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

No sooner had Louella proven itself a success than I had to abandon the day-to-day operations of the company and let my family handle the business full-time. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We delight in each other’s company; we care for one another. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My boss is the proud founder and director of the cab company I drive for: Vacant Taxis. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s better. I’m sure it won’t be easy, but if I get the slightest hint that you have any company, well, that would be very bad for your mother,” the friendly voice promised. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The woman could be nice, but Mrs. Caruthers seemed nice when company was around and Ophie knew that to be an act. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Aw, she had a good time. She don’t ever get any company.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

If Alyssa and company had any sense, they would have run as soon as I took the spotlight off her, just as the blond kid’s “friends” had. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

An investigator for one of the insurance companies, F. G. Cowie, became suspicious and began a detailed investigation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He had to reach out to the global pharmaceutical companies, to governments, to foundations, and educate them that all lives had equal value. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

When the car pulled into the company store at Six, we let go. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In this company, silence was the better part of wisdom, but Tyrion could not help himself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In recognition of this, Swift and his fellow meatpacking company owners kept them on as part of the expanded work force and even paid them at a higher rate than the unskilled men. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I flew you halfway across the world to join the company.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And they all have something they love more than eating or sleeping or wine or friendly company. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Each time my heart would race at the smallest suggestion that we had company. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides all the people working on tour, there were record company executives, friends of record company executives, children of lawyers, brothers-in-law of security personnel. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I started my lessons in the parking lot behind the gas company. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, no. My company owns the stock in a company that owns the house.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Cursed though she was with illness—she might have come to prefer it for his company. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He really could have used Nora’s nonplussed approach in this situation, or, really, just his best friend’s company. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was late, after midnight, and Zeitoun was keeping the captain company on the bridge. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

‘Come now with your friends and join our company! You had best walk in the middle so that you may not stray. You may be weary before we halt.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“How kind you are! Yes, that’s what it wanted. Now please take the big chair and let me do something to amuse my company.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the white guys in my company yelled over to me from where he was pinned down by enemy fire on the north slope of Motoyama, a ridge in clear view of Suribachi. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

One member of Tom’s company would seek out the most ruthless bad man in town and then provoke a fight, so he could kill him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Katherine and the other women relaxed in each other’s company in the intimate setting, enjoying it even more for the many years that the experience had been denied them. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

There were other Westerosi in the company, but not many, and not near. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The king and his company slept no more that night; but they saw and heard no other strange thing, save one: the voice of the river beside them suddenly awoke. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She never wore her company manners with one of us ... when Jem died, her precious Jem, it nearly killed her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Here I was an outspoken Muslim athlete, representing a relatively obscure sport, and these major companies were coming to me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

All of them had at one time or another gone over to the laboratory for advice or medicine or simply for unprofessional company. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rented a room across the hall, contacted a fellow resistance fighter who worked for the telephone company, and arranged to listen in on Quisling’s phone line. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Coca-Cola mystique had always been based on its famous secret formula, unchanged since the earliest days of the company. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to link up with a company from the 173rd Airborne. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Initially, simply the pleasure of your company. And I have information to share. What’s that phrase...oh yes. You may learn something to your advantage.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

On the night of August 26, soldiers from different companies gathered around the campfires. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Jack calls the phone company to find out how to install Wi-Fi in the house, then sets about getting a modem and wireless router. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The Dutch group’s strategy was to ignore the giant multinational drug companies, the ones that rely on research and brand names and patent protection. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking of driving down to Washington— maybe go to the Smithsonian or the National Gallery. How would you like to keep me company?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He had gone hunting there in company with his uncles and Autolykos, his mother’s father—a great thief and swindler by Hermes’ favor, for Autolykos pleased him with burnt offerings of sheep and kids. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to our capital city HARARE, where I was working as a tea boy at a certain company. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He and his wife, Margaret, were sailing to Europe in the company of their daughter and her husband for a grand tour that was to continue through the summer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There was some company in the room, and Estella said to me as she joined it, “You are to go and stand there boy, till you are wanted.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’ll probably have some big successful baking company and Albert will...do whatever in the world Albert will do. And I'm just hoping to read a menu in a restaurant.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

In 1901, the company had sent Miss Love and her best friend out to a big store in Texas. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I’m eating red licorice and leftover cookies from my father’s most recent company party when the doorbell rings. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A moment later, I spotted the young Mr Cardinal not far away, still standing on his own, and it struck me the young gentleman might be feeling somewhat overawed in the present company. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

One Monday morning I took our local phone book and selected the names of ten major companies. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Hopefully it goes well. I like the sound of the company.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

On the mantrip cars into the mine, at the company stores, and even in church, this was a topic of endless discussion and debate. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay...well, you want some company? I could run with you.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Agloe, New York, is a fictitious village created by the Esso company in the early 1930s and inserted into tourist maps as a copyright trap, or paper town. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

For well over a decade, his spies had been infiltrating the United States, burrowing their way into private companies, schools, laboratories, and even government offices. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She and Pete will enjoy my company, and I will enjoy theirs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Allens. I heard their company had filed for bankruptcy. They lost out on a lot of contracts. One of their businesses had been bought out.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to take that job from the Simba Chips company?” she asked. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now books keep me company the way my Cuban rag doll once did. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The denomination of the preacher the company hired automatically became ours too. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She found work as an editor for an aerospace company. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Is she so desperate for company that she wants to hang out with me? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Everybody wants to belong to something bigger than themselves, and everybody wants company in doing that. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He worked on the sly, off the books, so to speak, for the glass company on Lipowa Street. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She dared not try to unbolt the great front door but instead tiptoed cautiously through the cold company room into the back chamber and let herself out the shed door into the garden. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I drive to Jackson, where I find James already at the fire company bar, and he orders me a vodka cooler. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, hooray! He’s going to play for us!” they cried, and immediately the whole company sat themselves down in a circle around the Old Green Musician—and the concert began. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

South Korea’s safety rating was downgraded by the US Federal Aviation Administration, and Canadian officials informed Korean Air’s management that they were considering revoking the company’s overflight and landing privileges in Canadian airspace. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t the smooth exterior with a familiar appliance company name, no sir. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

This means pharmaceutical companies, scientists, and universities control what research can be done on those genes, and how much resulting therapies and diagnostic tests will cost. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In 1959, a rebel force led by Fidel Castro had overthrown the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, an authoritarian leader supported by the United States and by the many American companies doing business on the island. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She cleaned apartments and worked for a catering company, both for cash. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But she sat there amidst the chatter and clatter of the meal because it was easier to pass the time in the noise of company than in the raging silence of her room. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even the seats lining the sides are the original indigo blue of the luxury liner company. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He just slapped butter on a plate any old way and didn’t even try to make our company meals special. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The company could not let her go on performing for long. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But if Kissinger did not exactly relish the president’s company, he did come to admire Nixon’s intelligence, and his willingness to make bold moves. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Well,” one of them announced, “seems like you boys can expect company.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here is how it works: Internet-based services companies are emerging today all across the Web. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Montgomery City Lines bus company hired tough men to command their buses. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care for the company of chickens.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This company came in here and put them up without our permission.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He brought together representatives from multinational drug companies, independent middlemen and distributors, nonprofit organizations—almost anyone who might have an impact on drug pricing. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Grendel had wanted to take him for his own, to bear him off to where he belonged, to join the baleful company of the fen; but he, Unferth, had held back through fear. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

In secondary school, they spent another five years in one another’s company. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

His company was all mounted, and he was about to leap into the saddle, when the Lady Éowyn came to bid them farewell. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

German companies plant flags miles from Moscow; Russia will be theirs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I was with friends all day Thursday, we had company on Friday, and that’s how it went until today. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

To Ammu, her twins seemed like a pair of small bewildered frogs engrossed in each other’s company, lolloping arm in arm down a highway full of hurtling traffic. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Three hundred dollars, you said, sir? To the gas company?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had, since the whipping, seemed in a perpetual irritation, glowering around the rooms, leaving company often, saying he wished to ascertain whether matter still subsisted in his chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rivera, whose company my mom coveted, and anytime she was there, I would linger in the hallway outside the kitchen and eavesdrop, waiting for her to say something about Maribel. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The seller claimed to be offering classified proprietary information on IOI’s intranet architecture, along with a series of administrative access codes and system exploits that could “give a user carte blanche inside the company network.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

After a time I move to the art department of a publishing company, where I design book covers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

For most men, there was no cost to joining a company, but he was not most men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The man's shouts had come from inside, but what drew me now was another sound, a tap-tap-tapping like us girl cousins dancing for company. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Salinas had a small ice company, not large but enough to supply the few houses with iceboxes and to service the ice-cream parlors. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he reported me the company commander laughed at him and told him he ought to keep his eyes open; he understood Himmelstoss, and apparently was not displeased at his discomfiture. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for the company of the woman she pays to take care of her, she is as alone as a person can be. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The Last Friend app is designed for lonely Deckers and for any good soul who wants to keep a Decker company in their final hours. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I should say so most assuredly. Pierre Michel has been employed by the company for over fifteen years. He is a Frenchman—lives near Calais. Thoroughly respectable and honest. Not, perhaps, remarkable for brains.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least I had Lumpy for company tonight. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It is possible to staff a large company entirely with white males, but it is not possible to staff a large company without short people. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

At last, after all the other employees have sped off in the company’s eye-catching green-and-yellow cars, I am led into a tiny closet-sized room off the inner office to learn my trade via videotape. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That kid could outrun trouble—and he needed to, what with the company he kept. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He said nearly everything over the company phone in exclamations. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Where the local broadband did get installed was in office buildings, which were already pretty well served by the old companies. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Now someone is calling the number of our company, it is, yes, the Company Commander, he has come through, then; his arm is in a sling. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

While luxury stores, miraculous finance companies, exotic restaurants, and import business were flourishing, the unemployed lined up outside factory gates waiting for a chance to work at the minimum wage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clint looked at Thomas as if he didn’t want to continue in his company. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She pretended not to see Jasmine when they passed on the street, especially when her former playmate was in the company of her son. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She was glad for our company because she lived too far from the nearest town to entertain visitors. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I have discovered if I only have me, myself, and I for company, I might as well be amusing. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

We could not walk very far without snakes for company. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Hazel was supposed to come here and find this couple in their cottage who only had a sad mechanical bird to keep them company. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

My faithful company rested on their oars now, peeling off the wax that I had laid thick on their ears; then set me free. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Emily was five, they lived in New York and her dad was laid off from his job at a publishing company. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Slavin realized he probably wasn’t the only patient with valuable blood, so he recruited other similarly endowed people and started a company, Essential Biologicals, which eventually merged with another, larger biological-product corporation. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But we had to keep him out of direct contact with the other nursery bonobos until we knew for sure, so for the time being he and I were each other’s only company. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I just stood there wondering who told him what I said about Miss Love taking over the company room. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Dalton, when were you last in the company of the deceased?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Moore’s cells produced rare proteins that pharmaceutical companies could use to treat infections and cancer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Trampita offered to help me clean the gas company on Friday so that I could finish work in time to make the performance at eight o’clock. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

On other ships, lanterns burned; on one of them, anchored far down the river, the singing of another company continued for some time. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

There would be company to help eat it all. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

So went our talk; then other shadows came, ladies in company, sent by Persephone—consorts or daughters of illustrious men—crowding about the black blood. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he quit work at the lumber company and opened a diner he named Clive’s. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

They prove to be the ones most faithful to them, most in need of their company, least likely to challenge them or be difficult. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

For now they have a rotating company of chaperones, and tonight the illusionist is on twin-supervising duty. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But companies whipped up prejudice against unions, painting workers as communists, and strikers lost public support. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been trying to reach you for the last three days. I even called the phone company to check the line.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only had the steel company decided to sell the houses, the sewage and water systems and the churches were on the block as well. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The free companies, well mounted, could reach Yunkai in six days of hard riding, or eight at a more leisurely pace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Eight years later the facilities of the arsenal were leased to a private oil company for the production of insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

On the morning of July 5th, he stalked through the house and into our company room without even speaking to me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was clear from the beginning that the giant meatpacking companies were on the same page, filling almost every position with white workers. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I think about how Ollie Mae would never, ever let me leave the house, let alone have company over, if my bed wasn’t made. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We sat upon the dead grass and ate our rations as we watched Will and John, who are the favorites of our company, engage in their antics by the berm. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Larson asked whether I didn’t think it was wrong when companies had something to gain by seeing people sentenced to prison—in other words, when they had a stake in their failure. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly Petra felt the woman was sort of keeping her company, whispering, It doesn’t matter what they say. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the daytime when his duties were few he would grow tired of female company. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having grown taller and older, I now associated with older boys and I had to pay for my admittance into their company by subscribing to certain racial sentiments. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a company habitually paid below 80 percent, Feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one: The cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile Massasoit and the rest of the Indian company waited out of sight. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t sleep. It’s overrated. A bad habit I do my best to avoid—in company, wherever possible, and the young lady may go off the boil if I don’t get back to her.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Besides, I don’t trust myself with it, considering our current company.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

My mother, who sews lace collars on my company softball T-shirts when she does my laundry. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to make him sick, with the house full of company.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

No company’s fee was higher—indeed, some of his competitors charged a third as much. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

His company is about to deploy to the Philippines for guerrilla training before being sent on to Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“You better not howl,” she told the dog, “no matter how awful the company is.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten years after trading college for the warehouse, Blevins, who is twenty-nine, spends his days at the same supermarket company. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The manager of the furnace company—his name was never made public—decided to attend to the matter personally and met Holmes at his building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Nathan’s company died, to the man, on the Death March from Bataan. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What the hell, you trying to sabotage the company? That stuff wouldn't work in a million years. It's remover, concentrated remover! Don't you know the difference?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout those days, while we scratched and haggled for our daily bread, I had a photograph of President Eisenhower for company in my kitchen house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He succeeded in getting WHO to agree to sponsor a meeting of drug companies; they would be urged to produce more second-line drugs, and competition would drive down prices, Jim thought. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Some of our company seem reluctant to do this, but it’s as good a method as any. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In friskier moods, she performed lazy pirouettes, as though to the accompaniment of my own music box, which I always brought to the roof to keep me company. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In their company the map was his only privacy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I can’t take ’em anywhere,” she sighed, looking at her company. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Carmen realized he must work for the company that owned the tank. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Fifteen years later I found myself working for a housecleaning company. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Shortly thereafter, he started a successful appraisal company with my dayee Shahrdad, and over the years, they employed nearly every member of our large family. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Soon I was going to have lots of company and I had to keep moving. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But in reply Alkinoos observed: “Friend, my child’s good judgment failed in this— not to have brought you in her company home. Once you approached her, you became her charge.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After visiting the dining room, where caterers from the North German Lloyd company served up hearty helpings of American-style food, most of the boys stretched out on their bunks to read or write letters home. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was known around the entire corps as the most squared away, the most impressive company. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Kill everyone at a party, and you are the life of the party, but that doesn’t make you good company.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Indeed, he wanted no other company but Capricorn’s. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s likely Holmes also wanted Pitezel to gather whatever intelligence he could about the cure and its labeling, so that he could mimic the product and sell it through his own mail-order drug company. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He enjoys August's company and feels like he has made a good friend. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The applause was vigorous, for, in fact, Leeds was a very well-known company. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He asked us to stay for a while and keep him company. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

So she nodded good-bye to the woodsman, and with one last glance at the dancing girl, headed back into the company of the crowd. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Most students went to the dining hall for the company there. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if he had taken his company back to Yunkai, to sell her for a pot of gold? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Because I do a little Internet search and learn that Sears moved their company offices out to the suburbs years ago, about thirty-five miles west—so far away, they can't even see their huge tower. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote the poem on an index card and memorized it while I cleaned the gas company. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

We began homeschooling when Papa started working for a Japanese company. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No dirty dishes for Eleanor to wash, a pleasant evening in good company, and perhaps the sun shining again tomorrow.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

People loyal to Nita and her father were fighting to regain control of the company. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

If everyone quit riding, they could starve the City Lines bus company into reason. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Dressing for company meant impersonating a crazy flower, apparently. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

For the first few years she thought I worked for companies with security problems. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Malcolm X reached home in Long Island, one of his followers, telephoning him there, got, instead, a telephone company operator who said that the OL 1-6320 number was “disconnected.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was therefore with confusion that we observed companies boarding transports. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Her frown deepened when she discovered the Captain of the Guard smirking as they walked into the fray of the readying company. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I can probably get you a summer job at my company when you’re old enough. It would look great on a college application.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And Berger is six feet and the most powerful man in the company. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or was it some member of the company—Mr. Heminges, perhaps, seeking a moment of solitude in which to balance his accounts? The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the gloom behind a small company of horsemen galloped, all that was left of the rearguard. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

‘Well,’ said Gimli, ‘if it has Andúril to keep it company, my axe may stay here, too, without shame’; and he laid it on the floor. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Never had any king of the Mark such company upon the road as went with Théoden Thengel’s son to the land of his home. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

His rebellions, minor as they were, had all been in the company of, or shared with, Guitar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without her, the cooking and shopping will be very difficult, not to mention how much we’ll miss her company. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

His ballpoint pen bore the name of a pharmaceutical company. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Immediately, the price of the company’s stock began sinking like a stone. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” Quisqueya said, peeking inside, “I didn’t know you had company.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

A company of horsemen soon appeared and began to make camp in the stubble field beyond the orchard. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was company in the front room when Francie got home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If no more DNA copies remain, the species is extinct, just as a company without money is bankrupt. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Along Paul Revere’s northern route, the town leaders and company captains instantly triggered the alarm,” Fischer writes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His Majesty had expressly ordered all such militia companies to disband. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hoping to determine where the rest of the company might be?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll do my best to keep them upstairs the next time you have company. I wonder what four sets of leg irons would cost?” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

These new GMO seeds could be a bonanza for the seed companies. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Does this woman really think some sightseeing company is sending them water? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In Sister Julianna’s company, on tours of North Carolina tobacco plantations, Farmer met a number of Haitians. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But I do like the feeling of getting into my little car, knowing for the next couple of hours I’ll have only the roads, the big grey sky and my daydreams for company. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It also mentioned that Mary had been in the “company of Erlone until early Sunday morning at a notorious South Side cafe in the Black Belt.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But it had old-school style and had attracted a lot of famous demigods over the years, like the Beatles and Alfred Hitchcock, so I figured we were in good company. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

A soft, tidal snoring issues from the sleeping company. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

That same day the rental company filed suit against the Voice for its $503. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba sat at the other remaining table with all his papers out, on the phone with the insurance company. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

My team and I persuaded Darden Restaurants, the parent company behind chains like Olive Garden and Red Lobster, to make changes to the kinds of food it offered and how it was prepared. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Blanca for a moment was in love with the figure standing alone on a bare platform with only the American and Puerto Rican flags keeping him company. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I certainly wouldn’t mind the company,” she said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Marc is a former social media manager for a soda company, which he’s mentioned twice in his profile, and he isn’t sure if his daughter will reach him in time. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was lonely for his wife’s company and political advice: “I want to sit and converse with you about our debates every evening. I sit here alone and brood over political probabilities and conjectures.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Not at all; I only said so to keep you company. Besides, Mrs. Dudley already said she wouldn’t come. And where were you, our manly defenders?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was always glad to stop with anyone wishing his company. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A touring Shakespeare company had let Loma try out after their performance in Cold Sassy’s brush arbor and then asked her to join the troupe. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He named the company after himself, but it was independent of him. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too much went to pay overhead—consultants, intermediaries, transportation companies, government fees—and not enough reached those in need. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Or you could join the company’s ever-growing ranks of indentured servants. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, I observed to him that as you were unused to company, I did not think you would like appearing before so gay a party—all strangers; and he replied, in his quick way—‘Nonsense! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She keeps me company when she can, but she’s been busy running errands for my dad, plus keeping the books and doing the billing. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Living rooms glowed with new television sets, and home telephones—from the phone company, not the mine—appeared on little tables. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A 2012 report from Symantec, a company that builds software to block computer viruses, found that around 67 percent of email is spam. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He gave a great cry, and turned, leaped upon his steed, and with his company galloped madly back to Cirith Gorgor. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I am doubtful about that, but thank you. And thank you for keeping me company.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Once the lawyer had performed all the right rituals and pronounced all the necessary spells and oaths, millions of upright French citizens behaved as if the Peugeot company really existed. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dismal name came from the bleak opportunities workers faced in the region, where iron, coal, and steel companies had busted unions for two decades. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Two of the companies refused to pay the full amount, citing excessive insurance clauses. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Organic food companies saw their business boom overnight. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Despite the easy availability of Dr. Hale, the company dentist, his teeth were yellow and cracked. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z