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glass

[glas] / glæs /
NOUN
object that reflects an image
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"It was scary, and we didn't go on a package holiday for four years because of what happened, and the kids are still concerned about going through glass doors."

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The streets are littered with glass and chunks of brick.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

My glass of vermút sweats down to the turquoise tabletop.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

“On the one hand, I like the premium glass, iconic bottle that we have. On the other hand, we’ve cheapened it by adding a plastic cap to it. We will be rectifying that.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

“This is not a worry, not a worry,” Clare said, frantically sticking as many as he could back in the dirt before scrambling over to the glass caps.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Items belonging to some of the victims were recovered from the car, and Mihai's fingerprints were found on the wine glasses left behind in the men's homes.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Gerry Gani, from Kelshall, initially brought a colander to watch the rare solar event, but managed to find safety glasses before the eclipse began.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Leading up to the eclipse itself, experts were warning only genuine specially-designed solar eclipse glasses should be used, and that ordinary sunglasses or other devices were not enough to prevent potential damage.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

"Eclipse glasses are a great example of our single-use culture," says Dr Renee Tonkin, the founder of Science Owl, an environmental education organisation focused on waste.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

He put his glasses back on and looked at me.

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

The chef, Tanguy Laviale, 35, presides over a small open kitchen at the end of the rustic-chic dining room, which looks on a glassed inner courtyard planted with aromatic herbs.

From New York Times Mar. 15, 2017

The actual window had been glassed off and transformed into a tableau mordant of how it might have looked 50 years ago, complete with repositories of musty school text books.

From BBC Nov. 8, 2013

Inside a glassed display fridge are orderly rows of yogurt cartons and bottled dooght, the fermented and salted drink of ancient Persia.

From Slate Oct. 4, 2013

He lowered the glasses and pulled down the cotton mask from his face and wiped his nose on the back of his wrist and then glassed the country again.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

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

There are exciting developments in new materials, resins, and glassing techniques.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi




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