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And, notably, they eat Cane’s, whether it’s buying entire orders of just Texas toast or dunking their entire hand into a fountain cup of Cane’s Sauce and licking it off their fingers.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Recent cup winners Stuttgart and Eintracht Frankfurt start their cup journeys against lower league opposition on Friday, while holders Bayern Munich play on September 2.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The menu includes salt-and-pepper chicken skins with sweet-and-sour sauce and something called the Viet Dip, a sandwich served with a little cup of pho jus.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
If they can fight off any late advances for their top players, a good season lies in store - and, perhaps, another cup challenge.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
I brought him his cup of coffee, thick with sugar, and watched him look around in mock consternation.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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From Stanley cups to dirty soda franchises, everything’s a little bit more SEC and a little less Ivy in 2026.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
"We can't even fill the coffee cups to the brim or they spill," his son Linus, 19, added with an air of amused exasperation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
The 32-year-old went on to win 38 trophies with Barcelona, including 10 league titles and four European cups.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Then I follow that with two very strong cups of coffee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
“I don’t have any money, but I’ll stack lots of cups tomorrow. Three hundred. A thousand, even.”
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
Clarke threw his World Cup squad sheet on the table and cupped his ears to the assembled media.
From BBC ● May 19, 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
Chow cupped a hand around her mouth and shouted, “We love you!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
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
One of the blue-robed brothers of the temple cupped a hand around his mouth to make his voice carry to the other side of the temple.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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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
Often, like in my treatment in Singapore, cupping is paired with gua sha, creating a push and pull on the skin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
I do think about recovery and take recovery quite seriously, so I’ll do a weekly massage, where I do cupping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 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
Then he lowered them to his lap, one hand lightly cupping the other, and returned to watching the fire.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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