hob

Example Sentences

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Many of us can relate to oil and gas: Filling up the car, putting a pan on the hob.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

Even food residue that collects in the oven or on the hob generates fine particles when burned.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2023

The cooker hood removes particles generated from the back rings of a hob more easily than from the front rings, where more pollutants can escape into the room.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2023

The lawsuit accuses Mr. Apkon of trying to regain his influence at the center so he can hob nob with its deep-pocketed donors and leverage those relationships into support for his new nonprofit, Reconsider.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2022

Already, even from the drawing room, it was possible to hear an occasional muffled bad-tempered shout and the clang of a saucepan hitting the hob with unnatural force.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan