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jar

[jahr] / dʒɑr /






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At my age, they not only jar my fragile knees, but can also do the willies on my equally fragile back and neck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

I also recognize that when we are inside the problem, it’s sometimes hard to see the instructions on the jar.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

The pots were large ovoid, flat-based jars with two handles, many featuring a raised horizontal clay “belt” around the widest part of the jar.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 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

I empty a jar of olives into a bowl.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

It was, as Crook told Henderson, a homunculus: one of a set of tiny prophets, or magical spirits, who lived in glass jars full of water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

This includes the likely origin of the jars and the contents exchanged across the region.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

The jars will be given away to staff, shoppers, tenants and charities.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

The pub is decked out in Lidl’s signature bright red, yellow and blue and decorated with jars of instant coffee and cans of house-brand tomato soup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The woman took two empty jars, removed their stoppers, and poured them into the glass cylinder.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

There was also some scepticism about the dialogue itself, with the Financial Times's Danny Leigh saying, external the use of certain words "jarred me out of the past".

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

I’ve happily sung the praises of jarred garlic and frozen ginger cubes.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 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

Moss’s hands slammed into the floor, and his Clipper card jarred out of his hand and flew across the concrete.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

But the final result shocked Rhiannon, and she said: "It was one of those really jarring moments where I thought I don't know who that person is."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Still, after years of strong credit performance, a pickup in losses could be jarring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

One possibility is that the rise in these living arrangements is just a side effect of another jarring trend: rapidly declining marriage and fertility rates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

The theatrical flourish seems jarring, but so too is the historic moment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Their feet fell heavily on the trail, jarring their bodies and doubling the fatigue of a day’s travel.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London


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