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bottle

[bot-l] / ˈbɒt l /


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Minns had told a state parliamentary hearing on Thursday that crews had found Hooper alive "with half a bottle of water" eight days after she was reported missing.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Handheld multitools are a great item to keep on hand, with many options featuring various knives, bottle openers, screwdrivers, and even scissors.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

By 2015, however, crippling anxiety and loss of control left him so overwhelmed that he carried a water bottle everywhere, terrified that he might choke on his own saliva.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

I see neighborhood wine bars packed over one bottle, sold-out tastings and cocktail bars where people wait an hour for a seat.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

“Why did the boy stand on the bottle? To leap through the window!”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

He said the winery usually produces 2,500 to 3,000 bottles per year.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

The vineyard's harvests have already been shrinking over the years, dropping to around 5,000 litres -- enough for about 40,000 bottles -- compared to around 6,000 litres in the past.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Makers of corks, capsules and bottles have been hit because overall U.S. wine volume has continued to decline, McMillan said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Months later at a Manhattan dinner with Neil Vogel, then-CEO of About.com, Roberts explained the theory of relativity over many bottles of wine.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

I stare at the peeling wallpaper: fruit baskets and bottles of wine.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Some local governments have deployed trucks to parks, markets and bus stops to distribute chilled bottled waters for free.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Homemade vinaigrette is quick, inexpensive and generally much better than the bottled kind.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

"I have bottled water and other supplies," Matsuura said, adding he would "stay scared and cautious for the next few days" in case another big quake strikes.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

“Plastics are everywhere,” she said, adding that bottled water is also not subject to the same EPA regulations as tap.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

It was sleek and silver and rumbling like a bottled earthquake.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

The driverless trucks perform best when they shuttle back and forth in repetitive trips—for instance, a 14-mile trip between a Gatorade bottling plant and storage facility.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

Coca-Cola KO -1.55%decrease; red down pointing triangle reported higher first-quarter profit, boosted by growth in sales of concentrates, which it sells to bottling partners.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

Net revenue increased 12% to $12.5 billion—mostly driven by strong sales of concentrates, the syrups and flavor mixtures Coca-Cola sells to its bottling partners—ahead of the $12.2 billion Wall Street had forecast.

From Barron's Apr. 27, 2026

Does it count as bottling if you were never in front?

From BBC Apr. 13, 2026

Bill had a job in a bottling plant and made ten dollars a week.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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