cone
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The prices are particularly eye-catching for an expensive city like New York—a $1.19 cone of soft-serve or $3.79 milk tea, for instance.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Yvonne from Markinch out-of-school club placed a cone over the open drain overnight so no children would see and to prevent any other wildlife from getting hurt.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
The bottom of the backlight is roughly 5 feet off the ground, making a typical traffic cone invisible from closer than about 35 feet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
Within about a minute, a cone ant would emerge and climb onto the larger ant.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
In the cone of light, things are visible, but outside of the cone, you can’t see hardly at all.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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