refrigerator
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I’m not ashamed to admit that there have been times when those 32-ounce tubs just stare at me day after day, haloed by the refrigerator light, moving further from consumable and closer to petri dish.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026
“The main residence has brand-new Wolf appliances, including an induction range, refrigerator, and dishwasher. Custom new white oak hardwood flooring throughout is the canvas for your personal design statement,” the listing notes.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
In the 1930s, Freon made the domestic refrigerator a staple of the American middle-class kitchen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Less than 1 in 5 American households had a mechanical refrigerator in 1930; by 1950, roughly 4 in 5 did.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The kitchen door swung open, and they stared at me in surprise, as if it were unusual to find a teenage boy rummaging through the refrigerator at almost dinnertime.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Vocabulary lists containing refrigerator
Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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