jar
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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
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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
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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
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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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