jar
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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
But the jar that really got me was Sauz’s lemon-pepper pesto.
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
Many are now stored in his lab at the museum; he’s also got 1,363 moltings in a jar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Finally, he shoved the tea tray into my chest and took the jar of raki.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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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
But for workers -- for many of whom carmaking is a way of life, not just a career -- it is what the agreement does not cover that jars.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Meghan sells fruit spreads in $12 individual jars or $42 for a trio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Instead, he saw hundreds of amphorae - tall ceramic jars used to store goods in the ancient era, mostly wine, oil or grain.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
I could hear my dad banging jars around in the refrigerator.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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On the other goes a coarse, olive-bar-inspired romesco made with jarred roasted peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, salted roasted almonds and smoked paprika.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
The unnamed condiment originally mixed herbs and spices with buttermilk and mayonnaise and its popularity with guests led to it being jarred so they could take some home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
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
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
Sideways, spinning, the sled hit a bump in the hill and Jonas was jarred loose and thrown violently into the air.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
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The theatrical flourish seems jarring, but so too is the historic moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
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
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
A bell started clanging from a distance, jarring me out of my thoughts.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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