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bottle

[bot-l] / ˈbɒt l /


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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

Hugo Lara and Manolo Cabrera — the Mexican DJ pair better known as RØZ — casually strolled through Sightglass Coffee in Hollywood, one gripping a half-melted iced coffee, the other an empty Erewhon juice bottle.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

“Then you go into the bottle service Paris Hilton of it all,” Willetts says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

The only thing free on three flights was a small bottle of water and a snack.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

She was all decked out in that silly-looking Red Cross uniform and was carrying a tray with a large bottle of castor oil and an empty water glass sitting on it.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Hundreds of volunteers hurried through the packed parking lot next to Bogota's largest stadium, forming human chains to pass donated water bottles, food provisions, sanitary products and bedding to the sorting area.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 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

Parsons said Big Issue teams were working to support vendors and had been handing out sunscreen, caps and water bottles.

From BBC Aug. 13, 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

My eyes took in every shelf, all the glittering bottles and big jars of candy.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

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

The waterway has provided an outlet for some of the crude bottled up in Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

The company said it was delivering bottled water to vulnerable customers.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

There was only one item he absolutely refused to partake of: Icelandic bottled water.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s North African headquarters put forward an audacious plan: Construct war-zone Coca-Cola bottling plants near the soldiers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Last year, the 12-year-old bottling of the Notch won Best American Single Malt at the International Wine & Spirit Competition North America, signaling it as a leader in a growing, but often overlooked, category.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 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

The locations were changed but the settings were alike—a strip of wasteland bordered by rows of rotted shacks, and somewhere near a mill, a cotton gin, or a bottling plant.

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




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