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jar

[jahr] / dʒɑr /






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Instead of a jar there’s a white board and every time someone speaks in AI-like language, they get a tally mark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

David Bowie used to put words in a jar and then pull them out and make a song from that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Looking back, I suspect my father had recently begun making a little more money, because that afternoon we bought two things I distinctly remember never having had before: Kerrygold butter and a jar of Rao’s.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

I was happy to pay $10 and not risk seeing my bag of chips and jar of salsa sit unopened on the kitchen counter.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

Michael was in the process of unscrewing the jar, but he stopped.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

On a sidewalk near home, I spotted a cardboard box with wide-mouth Ball jars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Dmyterko lines up jars of gherkins and tomatoes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Sure, sometimes the beautiful jar is bought by someone who simply enjoys beautiful jars.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

The Mint struck its final circulating pennies on Nov. 12, 2025, each one costing 3.69 cents to produce, leaving roughly 300 billion of them in jars, couches and the ashtrays of America.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

By suppertime I had my list, Pa’s books were balanced, and we had thirty-six jars of catsup lined up on the windowsills.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

On Saturday, HiPP recalled its entire range of jarred purées sold in Spar supermarkets in Austria, saying consuming them many be potentially "life-threatening".

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026

Roasted Peppers: Make them homemade or buy them canned or jarred, roasted peppers are filled with flavor that mimics the savory-sweetness of onions.

From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2026

Scientists, jarred by Beecher’s findings, grew more invested in ruling out the possibility that a drug’s effects were due to placebo.

From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2026

The lack of clarity raises the prospect that the chaos of the past few days, which jarred markets and stress tested trans-Atlantic diplomacy, could return in the near future.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

“It’s the most important invention in the kitchen since jarred mayonnaise.”

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

It was all the more jarring because elsewhere Nordqvist had unmistakably fostered that famed European spirit which so often permeates through Solheim and Ryder Cup successes.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Thousands of drivers have filed complaints with U.S. auto-safety regulators describing jarring incidents in which their sunroof unexpectedly exploded or shattered, often while they were driving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

This shift in focus was jarring for the Post, which had previously published a diversity of viewpoints in its opinion pages while maintaining a largely liberal editorial orientation.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

That sum was jarring enough to send me hunting for answers.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

The jarring sound of a call coming in startled me.

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez




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