fishbowl
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It felt like she was looking through a fishbowl, she could see straight ahead but not to her right or down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Complaints about celebrity can be pretty tedious, of course; sometimes it feels as though famous pop singers have forgotten how to write about anything other than life in the social-media fishbowl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
We see some guileless part of ourselves within him — a half-formed reflection in his goldfish Dorothy’s fishbowl.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2024
"The fishbowl -- not the fish -- needs to change."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 2, 2024
In that tiny fishbowl box office, my only connection to my coworkers in the lobby was a red phone.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
They're found in fishbowls on hostess stands in New Jersey diners, Chicago rib joints and the Ahwahnee Hotel's restaurant in Yosemite — all places that emit a kind of old-school cool.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2023
Paired in the first two rounds of the Frys.com Open with Woods, a 14-time major champion and former world No. 1, Cantlay walked fairways that were more like fishbowls.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2011
As a youth, Antheil practiced the piano up to 20 hours per day, soaking his hands afterward in fishbowls of cold water to ease the swelling.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2011
Check off the punch list of items in this manifest: 1. a world governed by a race of wise elders, perched on high columns and with their desiccated faces in fishbowls; cf.
From Time ● Jun. 16, 2011
The water in the fishbowls rippled and waved as the fish gazed calmly; their brilliant colors against the abundant green land glinted like gold and jade.
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
