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jar

[jahr] / dʒɑr /






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They’re an invitation to save the pickle juice, embrace the capers and discover just how much life can be hiding in the bottom of a jar.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

A small jar of drained capers, some lightly crushed with the side of a fork, suspended in a generous slick of olive oil.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

He’d been rooting around dusty barns at an agricultural estate sale and found pristine packs of Chiclets and Life Savers inside a sealed Mason jar, including one unopened Choc-O-Mint.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

She collected some in a jar and brought them to her supervisor, Bryan Danforth, professor of entomology in Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

A powder jar burst into a shower of sparks like at the Dragon Festival in Turfan.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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