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Thankfully, standing inside the climate-controlled walls of the Line hotel’s lobby and behind a cup of joe from its Alfred Coffee, there’s a smidgen of comfort.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
He pours himself a cup of Yorkshire tea and walks up to the attic, just another human trying to figure out life in the age of AGI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Advancements in AI models have transformed how robots learn, allowing them to more accurately predict the next sequence of joint movements needed to lift a cup or pick up a broom.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
With their 1997-98 success, Kaiserslautern remain the only side to win the Bundesliga immediately after promotion, albeit following a surprise relegation having also been champions in 1991 and enjoyed cup triumphs in 1990 and 1996.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Mom finishes her coffee and takes the cup over to the sink to rinse.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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It is used in numerous everyday products, including food wrappers, storage containers, plastic packaging, and the linings of beverage cups.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Soon the menus are stacked, the pebbled Coke cups are sweating rings onto the table and somebody is pointing with a chip while saying, “No, no, tell her the part about —”
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Pilots who have regularly flown from Dubai recounted strict searches through metal detectors that have led security staff to confiscate everything from selfie sticks to hair spray to cups of coffee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
After she downsized, she opened her cupboard and showed him four plates, four saucers, four cups and four bowls.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Models wove through the scattered tables, clad in the latest fashions, as ladies nibbled on cucumber sandwiches and sipped tea from white porcelain cups.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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The Warrington teenager cupped his ears to lap up the adulation of a delirious crowd while fellow Englishman Aspinall laughed in disbelief before he gave Littler a high five.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
But one question kept resurfacing, from multiple corners of the inbox, as if readers were whispering it behind cupped hands: What if we just aren’t a pie family?
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025
Van de Ven cheekily cupped his ear to the crowd before team-mates made a point of embracing him to show their support after Saturday's spat.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
Chow cupped a hand around her mouth and shouted, “We love you!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
Somkit pointed to the tinfoil cones cupped around the lights.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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When Allison Janney's name was announced as the winner for best supporting actress in drama, the camera panned to The Diplomat star with her mouth open and both hands cupping the sides of her face.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
She scraped my skin with firm, painful strokes, and then moved on to cupping, placing glass suction cups across my back and shoulders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Adherents swear by cupping therapy as a way to manage muscle pain and detoxify, but more spas are touting it as the ideal postflight treatment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
And that alone is worth making like Lee and cupping my own hands around my mouth for an enthusiastic yell.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
I gasped and ran to her, lifting her sunglasses off, cupping her face in my hands, studying it for bruises, for anything that might seem amiss.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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