fishbowl
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She checked the security cameras at her home, noticing that a few windows opened and things fell off the shelf — but the biggest impact was her fishbowl: “My poor fish experienced a little tsunami.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 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
From our window I could see into the next cabin where a fishbowl sat on a small table.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
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
According to his LinkedIn page, Mr. Cook was an employee at Wando’s, a bar on campus known for serving mixed drinks in fishbowls.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2016
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
My vision fishbowls like we’ve taken too fast a turn in the hovercar.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
