glass
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Lately I’ve also been lining glass vases with cabbage leaves before adding flowers.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
On Monday, cleanup crews and firefighters cleared shattered glass and other debris from the streets of Paris.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Retractable glass doors connect the interior to an outdoor terrace, allowing the living spaces to open directly onto the scenic surroundings.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Shopkeepers were seen early on Sunday morning picking up large shards of glass in Paris as rubbish trucks cleared up debris on some of the larger streets.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
I opened the glass face, moved the hands to agree with my wristwatch, and slowly drew up the weights.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Chuck Close crafted a spectral self-portrait that almost appears like you’re looking at it through 3-D glasses, so convincing is its illusion of depth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
“The upcoming launch of Google glasses will be a first acid test,” analysts at Bernstein wrote in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Reality Labs is the company's hardware division which is developing devices like AI-powered glasses.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
The company has expanded beyond social networking and sells consumer gadgets, including smart glasses, that have also raised privacy concerns after allegations that people are being recorded without their knowledge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
She picked up her glasses and slipped them on.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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
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
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
Dad and I sat on a couple of logs, glassing occassionally, as William called with both his mouth and the coffee can contraption.
From Time Magazine Archive
He looked at Jam, his eyes glassing over with tears.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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