packet
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Then you'd hear the packet rattling just as the manager was trying to deliver a team talk - or was about to give a player a dressing down.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Once the Court had those documents and the amicus briefs, the whole packet was distributed to the justices at 10 separate conferences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
While it’s probably a good idea to try and rely a bit less heavily on packaged snack foods, there’s no major danger from allowing your tiny humans to have their regular packet of fish-shaped crackers.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
The buttermilk powder gives them that signature tang, but you can also skip the individual seasonings and use a packet of ranch seasoning instead.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Ridge tossed the gummy bears aside and picked up a packet of Kool-Aid.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Bottles of oil, packets of salt and a few tin cans lie among the debris.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Muthoni Macharia, who runs a restaurant in the capital, Nairobi, usually buys more than 70 packets of fresh milk - and is desperate and puzzled by the scarcity.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Liquid IV is paying for its packets to pop up inside bridesmaid goody bags.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Light delivers energy to the material in discrete, or quantized, packets known as photons.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
It’s sitting on the table in her favorite mug, with three almond-flavored creamer packets beside it.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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The Poles, who spend the day in swimming shorts or underwear, change into their baggy uniforms and hunt-and-peck on the typewriters, turning out reports to be packeted to Can Tho.
From Time Magazine Archive
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She spoke the last three words aloud in her intensity, so bitterly, that the two men, packeting together the papers, turned quickly.
From Little Miss By-The-Day by Lucille Van Slyke
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