basket
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Pearl diving often relied on the barest necessities: a noseclip, leather finger covers and a basket to gather oysters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Seeing eggs, rice, yogurt in writing makes it easier to recognize what a bunch of greens or a basket of cucumbers could become—and easier to pivot when the ingredient I imagined isn’t there.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
“But that’s also why we entertain a lot at home. I now have a phone basket that I use to take everyone’s phones away!”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
"You wouldn't send someone in your family out to get the weekly shop without any kind of detailed instructions as to what you expect in that shopping basket, right?"
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
I let the wool fall back into the basket by the chair.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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Ushers stood at all the exits of Great Festival Hall with baskets for donations for Venezuela.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
By then, the baskets had been picked over.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
The researchers placed two of these baskets opposite one another.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
A: Here are five companies to know, in two baskets:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
She balanced the baskets in the branches of the musasa tree.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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