glass
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Their boxer, Gus, was nestled in his usual spot at the foot of their bed when a glass door shattered in their sunroom.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
She said she decided to take action after her dog was repeatedly injured by broken glass and other refuse.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Floor-to-ceiling glass walls and sliding doors seamlessly connect indoor and outdoor spaces, such as ocean-facing decks and a rare rooftop space.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Brand says a delay could be building an extra, heavy door anchored into the ground, thickening the glass on display cases or using a fog machine.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The guard opened the paned glass door for us and tipped his cap at Anna May.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Spiegel was talking to the BBC as Snapchat's parent Snap Inc announced new features for its upcoming Specs glasses.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Damon Herriman plays a cult leader in the image of David Koresh, complete with aviator glasses and rock star dreams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The Meta glasses revolution - is it okay to film people in public?
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Slender men with ill-fitting shirts and thick glasses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The harsh overhead light flashed from his glasses.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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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
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
He shouldered his rifle and glassed the intersection.
From Slate ● May 2, 2012
When it was light enough to use the binoculars he glassed the valley below.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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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
The problem is not limited to materials, but also exists on the glassing side of the equation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He looked at Jam, his eyes glassing over with tears.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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