thermos

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In the 1960s and 1970s, he would be up before the sun to pack a thermos of coffee and a camp lunch in one saddle bag and an acrid, tar-like screwworm killer in the other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

At regular intervals, he poured himself a cup of steaming hot chai from his thermos.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026

The thermos still sells on the Stanley website for $36.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2024

When I was growing up, the holidays meant no school, which gave me the chance to curl up on the couch in a robe and fuzzy socks while drinking hot chocolate from a red thermos.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2023

The old man nodded over to a spiral notebook, a beat-up thermos, and a bunch of stubby pencils bundled together with a thick rubber band.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker