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glass

[glas] / glæs /
NOUN
object that reflects an image
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It was not helped by inauspicious introduction to the public in 2019 when Musk attempted to show off the Cybertruck's apparently unbreakable glass, only for it to shatter during a live demonstration.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

And then on 14 October 2026, accompanied by his wife Laura, the actor and comedian entered the glass dock at London's Southwark Crown Court for the start of his trial.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

By introducing phenanthroline while these materials are molten, researchers can change the chemical connections within the structure before the glass solidifies.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

This gives scientists a practical way to tune the properties of glass during manufacturing rather than relying entirely on the chemistry of the original ingredients.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Meanwhile, a third cop is placing caution tape around the shattered glass.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

“We’ll eventually have glasses where you can see people in neighboring dimensions,” Biondich says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

The discovery could open the door to advanced glasses with capabilities that were previously difficult or impossible to achieve.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

“When I finally went to the doctor, he told me, ‘Yeah, you needed glasses five years ago,’” says Knibbe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

What may change is whether people watch it on their phone or their TV or, you know, through AI glasses, but the visual component is still stronger for everyone than anything else.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

A couple of times, I’d noticed him napping, his glasses askew from using his backpack as a pillow.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Wearing a plain khaki T-shirt and round-rimmed glassed, Griner was ushered a courtroom by police at Khimki District Court outside Moscow, Griner held up personal photographs before taking a seat in the defendant's cage.

From Reuters ● Aug. 2, 2022

"They were nearly glassed over, but the sound is too important," the airline said in 2016.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2020

The CD isn’t glassed in, and spins freely.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2018

As soon as brown timber dust flies around a room it ceases to be a place in which surfboards can be shaped and glassed.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2017

Usually before leaving Antonapoulos waddled gently to the glassed case in the front of the store where some meats and cheeses were kept.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Rubbert was by himself on the face of a cliff in Glacier glassing for grizzlies when a sow grizzly and her cub suddenly appeared.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 7, 2018

I did bricklaying, fibre glassing, I was a nanny, drove those rickshaw things, worked in a sandwich store – anything to get me from one place to the next.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2012

Andy Carroll is £3,500 lighter in the pocket after pleading guilty to accidentally glassing Michael Cook in a trendy Newcastle nightspot.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 25, 2010

He stops the truck and Mark begins glassing to our right.

From Time Magazine Archive

He looked at Jam, his eyes glassing over with tears.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi


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