bag
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Much of the second-quarter earnings season is in the bag, and equity market bulls can argue the growth in corporate profits is acting as a fundamental support for stocks that sit around record highs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Roggatz, 35, dutifully got to work ridding his grass of the gifts from his dogs, Django and Scout, with a plastic bag pinched between his fingers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
A plastic bag she had been using to dye her hair when they had left for the beach was still on her head.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
There is no red banner telling me this particular bag is unsafe.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
I choose three more tiles from the bag to replace the R and two E’s I just used and arrange them on my tile stand.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Local message boards on Facebook show residents filling bags with sand to protect their homes and inquiring whether stores remained open in the early hours on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“They were going around fanning people, handing out barf bags left and right.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
He packed his bags and left through Kazakhstan on July 22 after being summoned for questioning by investigators.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Two decades ago, customers grumbled about U.S. airlines charging for checked bags, which was the start of all the unbundling that followed.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
“They don’t know yet,” Natalie said, hopping up to take two of the bags.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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Then I round the corner toward the bagged vegetables and point my phone at a package of Earthbound Farm broccoli florets.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Binface bagged just 95 votes to Burnham's 24,927.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Taylor family is credited with helping to pioneer numerous innovations, from bagged salads to the U.S. industry’s first automated harvesters for romaine lettuce, cabbage and celery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
In the past, foods including bagged salad mixes, fresh cilantro, fresh basil, raspberries, snow peas and scallions have been linked to cyclosporiasis.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
“What are you doing?” he asked, as I bagged his cast.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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Bellingham scored on his debut for Dortmund, bagging the second goal in a 5-0 win over Duisburg in the German Cup.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Deutch is perfect casting for plucky Gail, who commits to bagging Hamm with such gumption that she jumps on a hotel mattress like a little kid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
In the 1970s and 1980s, teen employment routinely topped 50%, as bagging groceries, flipping burgers and lifeguarding were considered a rite of passage for young Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
For Jane, it’s either that or bagging groceries at Trader Joe’s.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026
I paint the dark, miserable sky and the plastic bagging his parents have stapled over their windows.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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