cup
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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
Once poured into a cup, that lowers to around 90 or 95 degrees C.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Put it beside a paper cup of mustard and you can eat it on the way to work.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Matar said holding the cup simultaneously in the West Bank, Gaza and refugee camps in Lebanon reflected "national unity" for Palestinians.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
I swept around to pick up the cup of tea that Ma had poured.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
The crowd revolted, showering the court with cups, beer cans and garbage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Drinking moderate amounts, about two to three cups per day, was not associated with harm to bone health.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
Below, on a plain white plate, sat the actual dish: shrimp nested in crisp cups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The fridge provides milk for cups of tea.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
We walk outside to the lānai, where there’s a table covered in little muffins and pastries and cups of juice.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
The Warrington teenager cupped his ears to lap up the adulation of a delirious crowd while fellow Englishman Aspinall laughed in disbelief before he gave Littler a high five.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
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
He repeatedly tapped his cupped hands to the sides of his head as if putting on imaginary earmuffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2024
The 33-year-old cupped his ear after he was booed by the partisan French crowd following his win on court 14.
From BBC ● May 29, 2024
Its hull was two giant white hands cupped together, the fingertips touching at the prow.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Adherents swear by cupping therapy as a way to manage muscle pain and detoxify, but more spas are touting it as the ideal postflight treatment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
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
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
Elliott, 26, celebrated by channelling former WWE superstars Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan, strutting in the centre of the octagon before cupping each of his ears.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2024
The monkey scampered up to the people who had gathered to listen, cupping its hands for coins.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
