thermos
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“It brings back memories of hunkering down behind an old cottonwood drift log…drinking black coffee from a Stanley thermos and waiting for mallards to whistle by,” he mused on Facebook, where he does his campaigning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Add coffee, whether that’s hot in a thermos, iced in a travel mug or purchased from a nearby café on the way to the park, and you’re done.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
At regular intervals, he poured himself a cup of steaming hot chai from his thermos.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026
“I like to carry a small thermos with hot tea,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
She belched out a stainless steel canister—an old-fashioned lunch box thermos with a black plastic top.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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Someone could usually be counted on to bring ice cream from the shop down the street, and I encouraged everyone to bring plastic tubs or thermoses for leftovers.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
They brought books, knitting, thermoses of coffee or something more muscular.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
It was a cool fall morning and families sat on blankets or newspapers in the grass, passing around thermoses of tea.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2022
There were middle class families with thermoses of water, pensioners in undershirts and students holding yellow umbrellas symbolizing the protest movement.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022
Some people on the street supported the protesters by smiling, offering words of encouragement, or bringing them thermoses filled with hot coffee.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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