dish

Example Sentences

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It would soon be used quite extensively in Ohio, which became a Petri dish for Dorr’s line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026

Musk’s Starlink satellite service already sells a dish to connect to the internet, and it offers cellphone service in dead zones through partnerships with companies including T-Mobile.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

The couple did not dish additional details about their child’s birth.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

The by-election was a petri dish that Labour had been watching closely, because if Burnham could beat Reform on that stage, it might signal that he could beat Reform in a general election.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026

She gestures at a dish of purple something.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith