cup
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Each cup of “Sacred Water” is meant to embody that tradition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
By the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee, it seems the winners and losers of the new AI era can change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
The Princess of Wales was pictured cheering from the sidelines as the Prince of Wales competed on a baking hot polo pitch for a charity cup.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
It is best known for its unusually low melting point, which allows a gallium spoon to melt in a cup of hot tea.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
The next thing I knew, Betsie was standing at the foot of the bed, a steaming cup of herb tea in her hand.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Argentina is seeking its fourth World Cup, which would put it in a second-place tie for global titles with Germany and Italy, trailing only Brazil and its five cups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Up front, it was the ideal dry-goods shop: good boxes of fussy pasta and cavatappi, sleeves of biscotti, plastic-wrapped anise pizzelle, a counter where you could order hulking sandwiches and tiny cups of coffee.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
Messi's goal tally is now at seven, which would have made him the top scorer in five of the past six world cups.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The ground was strewn with food containers, plastic bottles, empty chip packets, orange peels and coffee cups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Danso frowns as she makes another round, filling the women’s cups with a dark carmine drink.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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But one question kept resurfacing, from multiple corners of the inbox, as if readers were whispering it behind cupped hands: What if we just aren’t a pie family?
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025
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
Fan jeers and a cupped ear - is Postecoglou feeling the friction?
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2025
I shouted, my hands cupped around my mouth.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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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
He turned away after silencing the taunts, cupping his ear to The Kop, who were stunned into silence after his sixth Premier League goal versus Liverpool.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
In addition to his usual routine, he’s tried cryotherapy, infrared therapy, massages with cupping — anything to keep inflammation down and ward away the nagging injuries that followed him over three years at Mississippi State.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
Since China's so-called Peace Ark arrived last week, more than 2,000 South Africans have been treated on board - ranging from maternity check-ups and cataract surgeries to cupping therapy.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2024
Citra pulled out her phone and projected a series of holograms into her palm, cupping it so no one but Rowan could see.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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