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kettle

[ket-l] / ˈkɛt l /


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Police may close roads, establish perimeters, kettle crowds, redirect traffic, block movement, and call those acts public order.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

In the company’s kitchens, workers returned to traditional kettle cooking for sides like green beans and stopped freezing its biscuits in batches.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

The problem is similar to mineral scale building up inside a tea kettle or clogging a shower head over time, except seawater contains far higher concentrations of dissolved salts.

From Science Daily May 31, 2026

"They started coming from everywhere, from the wi-fi router, under the kettle, the toaster and all the switchboards. We would cook and they would keep coming from the sockets, from under the microwave."

From BBC May 28, 2026

It was like standing in the center of a huge orchestra, with kettle drums pounding on all sides.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

There’s a room in an Estée Lauder-owned facility on Long Island where kelp swirls around in giant kettles while scientists pump sounds of the ocean to help unlock its healing powers.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

"My baby son has been having the poshest baths - six bottles of mineral water and two kettles," he said.

From BBC Jan. 16, 2026

At Kris Kringl, a downtown shop where “it’s Christmas all year long,” one can find Christmas villages, Christmas-themed cuckoo clocks, Christmas-themed cookie jars, Christmas-themed table runners, “Deck the Halls” tea kettles and much more.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 21, 2025

These spikes are equivalent to thousands of homes switching kettles on and off in unison every few seconds.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2025

Alyce asked the kitchen maid skinning a pig in the manor yard, the laundress boiling great kettles of goose fat for soap, the carpenters fashioning a coffin for Old Ned, who had died that morning.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman




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