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vault

[vawlt] / vɔlt /




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Cassidy Nguyễn from Los Alamitos won the girls’ pole vault at 13 feet and Aliso Niguel’s Dane Malloy won the boys triple jump at 48-5.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

The gold vault of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where $15 billion worth of the metal was kept at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

"He was one of the first filmmakers," said George Willeman, leader of the congressional library's nitrate film vault, who said the recovered reel was likely a third-generation copy of the Melies original.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Because the city’s homicide detectives were constantly responding to new murders, several weeks might pass before they could return their attention to an older case from the vault.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

I’d known as soon as I punched off the vault that I was soaring too far out and wasn’t going to stick the landing.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles




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