bag
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A technical analysis shows why it could be time to bag some bargains.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The Libyan authorities handed over a plastic "trash bag" containing some of his belongings, including a Quran, a prayer rug, clothing, toiletries, and medicine.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
A surveillance video shows Berezovska walking slightly in front of the group, then leaving the device in a bag on their doorstep.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
A mixed bag of earnings came from sellers of consumer staples.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Dropping my bag on the floor beside the desk, I slide into the roller chair and start the process of opening the mail and sorting it into piles.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Actual pants, made from the grocery store’s reusable bags.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Then Manila in monsoon season, where Park’s car stalled in floodwater and he and his colleagues waded to safety, bags held over their heads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
As she unpacks her bags, she is clearly conflicted.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Moises Villasenor, 72, said he was "a little worried" as he filled sand bags to protect his small hotel, situated about three blocks from the seafront.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Across the lot, two people are sitting on the hood of a car facing the water, drinking from steel mugs and eating pastries from greasy paper bags.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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Still, Hargitay just wrapped up a one-woman show on Broadway and recently bagged two Emmys for her documentary “My Mom Jayne” all while still working on “Law and Order.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Nearly five years into her series, in 2020, she bagged her first big name outside the rap scene: Oscar-nominated actor Daniel Kaluuya.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
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
It’s safe to eat lettuce and bagged salad greens again now that cyclospora cases are declining — at least in Michigan.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
At four o’clock in the afternoon, Thursday, December 7, the last monkey was killed and bagged, and people began deconning out.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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Will you have to worry about shoveling snow in the winter or bagging up an acre’s worth of leaves in the fall?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
“I don’t play for my records but to bring joy to this group of players,” he said after bagging another goal in Argentina’s round-of-16 victory over Egypt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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
He knew I’d rather be bagging groceries at Stokes than driving the loader in Blackfoot, the dusty town an hour north where Dad was building a milking barn.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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