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can

[kan, kuhn] / kæn, kən /




VERB
preserve fruit, vegetable
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK




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In other words, the players and Scott can expect pushback.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Even in the landscape of celebrity podcasts, there’s a presumption that celebrities can be more honest as they’re ensconced in a safe space with people just like them.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2026

The colder temperatures can reduce the energy needed to cool facilities packed with computer servers.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

"You can find our wines really almost everywhere on Earth," he said, noting that exports to the UK accounted for around $1 million a year.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

There is only so much you can observe from behind shuttered windows.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

When AFP visited, she was carrying water in large, plastic jerry cans and hand-washing clothes in a bowl on the dirt floor.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

Lally said the weekend's fly-tipping was "one of the worst examples that we have come across", but it was not unusual to find discarded BBQs, beer cans and rotting food.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Athletic, the largest dedicated nonalcoholic brewer in the U.S. by sales, displays its sub-0.5% alcohol by volume on its cans due to regulation, but Shufelt said the distinction is a nonissue for many customers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Bessent has opened up a couple of cans of worms, said Lou Crandall, chief economist at Wrightson ICAP, which makes it harder for the Fed and the Treasury Department to communicate to the markets.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

“Gee, do you think if we collect fifty cans for Winky tomorrow, he’ll give us another nickel?”

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

Once up and running, potentially within weeks or months, he could step away as well.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Now, critics are left to clash with influencers as they struggle to maintain access that could, in theory, help them continue to get jobs.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2026

After meeting with the boss of Nats, Martin Rolfe, Alexander said a cyberattack could be ruled out, but she added: "I do not believe this issue was unavoidable."

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

GE Aerospace bought a casting company that could have fit nicely with SpaceX.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

I guess she could see the worry on my face, because she leaned in and whispered, “It’s all right, child. You ain’t done nothing wrong.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

"His performance certainly seems tinged with the courageous naivety of Spider-Man, insisting on trying to influence those much more cunning and physically capable than he," he wrote.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

He is cunning, not intelligent — something he unwittingly proves every time he claims that passing a basic mental competency test shows his brilliance.

From Salon Jul. 6, 2026

Hatcher — a Pomo shape-shifter who dodges prejudice by passing as Mexican in the novel — is a thorny protagonist, often cunning, scheming and unforgiving.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

"King George, as you know, never set foot in America. And please rest assured, ladies and gentlemen, I am not here as part of some cunning rearguard action."

From Barron's Apr. 29, 2026

In this rendition, the god of death is sculpted to look like a cunning old man, his hippo familiar by his side.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

It also says "Meghan's TV comeback has been canned", attributing the information to a "top royal author".

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Keep foods like dried and canned beans, canned tomatoes, tinned fish, olive oil, and a variety of whole grains on hand so you always have something to cook with.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

Gruel notes that home cooks can use another kind of fish, even canned fish — useful, flexible advice that is also so broad as to become generic.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

These people should opt for cooked or canned produce, food-safety experts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

From this vantage point, he could see the stash under his bed—the canned and boxed goods pushed against the wall, like shadowy towers.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Just this week, Disney announced sizable layoffs under the guise of “streamlining operations,” canning a large percentage of Marvel’s award-winning visual effects team that has been with the studio for years.

From Salon Apr. 17, 2026

Although these parasites had been killed during the canning process and would not harm consumers, they hold valuable scientific information.

From Science Daily Apr. 1, 2026

Chicken of the Sea International is studying whether the ruling could help revive production at a Georgia canning plant that relies on imported tuna.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 22, 2026

Staff working at a Guinness canning factory in Belfast, owned by international drinks firm Diageo, have begun strike action in protest over their pay.

From BBC Dec. 12, 2025

Just pack it into one of Bertha’s canning jars to keep in my room.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor




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