jar
Example Sentences
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Just a day earlier, Hertz shares experienced their largest same-day jump since December, making the pullback that much more jarring.
From Barron's
But it’s a jarring moment to hear LNG described as low-cost.
“Not lawyer arguments, not props like a glass of water or a jar of M&Ms, But actual proof in evidence.”
From Los Angeles Times
“The biggest challenge of working with sand is that there’s no room for mistakes,” she said while sitting at a worktable stocked with dozens of small sand-filled glass jars, all arranged by color.
From Los Angeles Times
As for the rumours of a tell-all TV interview, Goldbart from Deadline says it might be "somewhat jarring," but added it would "undoubtedly make for good TV".
From BBC
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