cup
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That summer, Léa De Carmo, an aspiring actress, was driving back to Los Angeles from Las Vegas with a friend and, after a night of partying, craved a cup of coffee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
An autumn collaboration between Dunkin’ and L.L.Bean includes a sweater for your coffee cup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Cans of popular drinks like Celsius, Ghost and Alani Nu have around 200 milligrams of caffeine, about twice as much as the average cup of coffee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
And on the very first hole, Stark conjured the shot of the competition so far, her approach to the green on the par four dropping straight into the cup for an eagle.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Holding a cup of tea that she’d brewed with a modern tea bag instead of the loose-leaves way my mother had at home, looking out the window like a page from a magazine.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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A Starbucks spokesperson told MarketWatch the company increasingly sees its ancillary offerings — like cups and other gear — as collectibles.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
Immigrants at the centre also told OIG that they did not have access to clean drinking water and could not clean the plastic cups from which they drank.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Clear glassware that can be easily mixed with a host’s other cups is a good option, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
However, women who drank more than five cups a day had lower BMD, suggesting that very high coffee consumption could have negative effects.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
Here’s what I figured out about the coffee cups at the bodega downstairs that I stacked after school for free donuts while Calista was looking at art books with Hugo.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
As she spoke, Lina's face creased and she cupped it in her hands.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
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
Chow cupped a hand around her mouth and shouted, “We love you!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
I cupped his cheeks in my hands, kissed his tiny nose.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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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
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
Kayleigh's tried cocktails of different medications, putting her feet in hot water, a flannel at the back of the head, acupuncture, cupping - but they've had little effect.
From BBC ● May 31, 2025
And that alone is worth making like Lee and cupping my own hands around my mouth for an enthusiastic yell.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
He is cupping his hands and shouting through them.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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