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cup

[kuhp] / kʌp /


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Recent cup winners Stuttgart and Eintracht Frankfurt start their cup journeys against lower league opposition on Friday, while holders Bayern Munich play on September 2.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

They don't need all of this for domestic fights because they've probably already got enough to win the league and a cup or two.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

A new “protein boost” recipe for Conagra’s Duncan Hines chewy fudge brownie mix involves adding a cup of blended cottage cheese and a swirl of peanut butter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Before draining, reserve at least 1 cup of the pasta cooking water.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

I sniff the tin cup; it smells earthy, with a hint of chamomile.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

"We can't even fill the coffee cups to the brim or they spill," his son Linus, 19, added with an air of amused exasperation.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

I watch office workers walk off mid-bite, sipping from paper cups of milk tea.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

Then I follow that with two very strong cups of coffee.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

With the Gunners chasing a first Women's Super League title since 2019, along with two domestic cups and another Champions League, she is explicit about what she expects.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Models wove through the scattered tables, clad in the latest fashions, as ladies nibbled on cucumber sandwiches and sipped tea from white porcelain cups.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

But one question kept resurfacing, from multiple corners of the inbox, as if readers were whispering it behind cupped hands: What if we just aren’t a pie family?

From Salon Nov. 27, 2025

Van de Ven cheekily cupped his ear to the crowd before team-mates made a point of embracing him to show their support after Saturday's spat.

From Barron's Nov. 4, 2025

After his verbal attack on Smith, Whittaker cupped his hands as more boos echoed around the arena, though he did share an embrace with Cameron and his team a little later.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2025

When Sarr scored, it looked like Ange cupped his ears to say: I know better.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2025

Ella started to explain that she was a Conjuror, but Lian cupped her hands together, and a tiny ball of light appeared.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

She scraped my skin with firm, painful strokes, and then moved on to cupping, placing glass suction cups across my back and shoulders.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Often, like in my treatment in Singapore, cupping is paired with gua sha, creating a push and pull on the skin.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

He turned away after silencing the taunts, cupping his ear to The Kop, who were stunned into silence after his sixth Premier League goal versus Liverpool.

From BBC Mar. 15, 2026

In addition to his usual routine, he’s tried cryotherapy, infrared therapy, massages with cupping — anything to keep inflammation down and ward away the nagging injuries that followed him over three years at Mississippi State.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2024

I gasped and ran to her, lifting her sunglasses off, cupping her face in my hands, studying it for bruises, for anything that might seem amiss.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez




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