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fishbowl

[fish-bohl] / ˈfɪʃˌboʊl /
NOUN
aquarium
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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

It’s made her feel both proud and anxious, she said — and a bit like being in a fishbowl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2025

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 fishbowl was all lit up with numbers and light.

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo

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


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