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[kuhb-erd] / ˈkʌb ərd /


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All of the recipes can be made by stocking up a starter store cupboard for under £13.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

So bereft is the ideas cupboard that even notoriously mediocre 1990s films are being summoned back to life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

"I just remember saying, 'Oh, the cat in the cupboard, the cat in the cupboard, that sounds nice'," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

And they need every dollar to fill out a bare cupboard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

“It’s a big place. It would have a big pantry, big cupboard, big freezer. If it’s as empty as it looks...”

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

One robot tidied cupboards and wiped surfaces, while others put orange juice and milk in the fridge, threw away empty packaging and loaded the dishwasher.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

His tapes are stored by genre in dedicated cupboards with closing doors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

For the hardware, the couple will be replacing the existing silver-toned metal with gold, including new faucets, new drawer handles, and new knobs for the cupboards.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026

It also inspired a Peacock streaming show in which Swedes visit America to counsel people who can’t cram anything more into their closets and cupboards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

When the van Daans arrive, we’ll be able to build cupboards and other odds and ends out of the wood piled in the attic.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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