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
And being at a festival and being in this fishbowl environment is really helpful for that.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
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
The environment explains how Reggie could have felt himself in a fishbowl or crucible; how he’d put his family in a bad light.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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
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
It’s a sad day when fishbowls are actually filled with fish.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2010
While Vonetta and Fern charged to the counter lined with fishbowls of penny candy, I stood at the door and watched Danny the K push Ellis into the street and almost into a car.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
