fishbowl

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In some paintings, viewers are looking at the world through a microwave door, a fishbowl or a security camera lens.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024

We see some guileless part of ourselves within him — a half-formed reflection in his goldfish Dorothy’s fishbowl that’s been crusted over by the steady gnawing of time.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2024

"The fishbowl -- not the fish -- needs to change."

From Science Daily • Jan. 2, 2024

Inside a fishbowl, the goldfish — a species of carp native to East Asia, bred for aesthetic delight and traditionally believed to bring good fortune — is hardly more than home décor.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2023

He’d had a button and a pennant collection, a thousand pennies in a large mason jar, a fishbowl, and a model tin lizzie hung from a strand of wire in one corner.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson