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bag

[bag] / bæg /


NOUN
special interest or activity
Synonyms


VERB
droop
Synonyms


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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

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

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

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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