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lid

noun as in top covering

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Atlanta-based entrepreneur Tamara Lucas recently started her own garden in her backyard to keep a lid on rising costs, growing okra, kale and broccoli to help feed her two teenage boys.

Slower-than-expected EV penetration has put a lid on sales and plagued profitability aspirations.

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Prices on Wednesday posted their biggest one-day gains in a month, as some traders bet that recent declines in oil prices would keep a lid on the flow of global crude supplies.

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Oil prices on Wednesday scored their biggest one-day gain in a month, as traders weighed how the recent drop in prices could keep a lid on the flow of global crude supplies.

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The box is carved with scenes of the labors of Hercules, while the lid is decorated with monumental reclining figures of the deceased.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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