keg
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He has described the record as a "powder keg", as "burning diesel", and even a spicy "jambalaya" – and it's certainly harder and faster than anything the band have released over the past decade.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
It was a powder keg waiting to blow.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
Witless doesn’t even begin to describe celebrating those who are willing to fall down a hill for a keg of not very good beer at a wedding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026
I long recognized that the RSF was a powder keg.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
The armorer had a chest like a keg of ale and a gut to match.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Is the U.S. now a nation that sings like Argentina, rows like Norway and punishes beer kegs like the thirsty Scottish Tartan Army?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
To prepare for Thursday’s night’s match against Tunisia, Wallingford had 35 kegs of beer cooling and 400 croquettes—a Dutch fried snack—shipped from out of town.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Damon Jeffery is the owner of Ipswich's Thomas Wolsey pub, which, on Saturday, when the team was promoted, sold 110 kegs – each containing 88 pints - of beer.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Channeling Rio’s ubiquitous ice tea hawkers — a staple of the city’s beaches — Charlotte, a 3-year-old border collie mix, wore an orange outfit and carried two miniature tin kegs on her back.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2024
One, two, three, four...Counting them over and over, as if that would replenish the empty water kegs and meager slabs of salted meat.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
