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lid

[lid] / lɪd /
NOUN
top covering
Synonyms


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This intense dispersion beneath the surface has helped to keep a lid on volatility at the index level.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Gold futures posted their third decline in four sessions as the U.S. dollar gained and buoyant U.S. yields kept a lid on demand for the metal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Its eggs contain an unusual structural lid that has not previously been documented in any stick insect or its closest relatives.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Steinem lifted the lid on the underpaid life of a Bunny, and the physical pain of wearing the high-heels and tight corsets for hours.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

He opened the lid to the metal garbage can.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

The pink, mouse-like creatures lived in craters covered by dustbin lids - the lids' noisy "clang" gave the show its name.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

This tension, he said, was compounded by subsequent U.S. intelligence reports alleging that widespread corruption had rendered some of these missiles nonfunctional—including claims of defective silo lids.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

At others, embers from the blazes landed on trash and recycling bins close to the houses, sometimes burning holes through the plastic lids and igniting the material inside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

The Costco fountain drink carrier is responsible not just for the soda machines and drink syrups, but also the cups, lids, and straws offered in the food court of the warehouse giant.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025

Tears brimmed at the lids of Kia's eyes, but Ampai whisked Pong back to the boat before he could thank her.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

Everything Sprouts said Friday that it was recalling 5 oz. lidded plastic containers of alfalfa sprouts that were distributed after May 26.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Mix it all together and deliver in a lidded deli tub.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2026

The ceramic backsplash, dishes and lidded jars are all by Adam Miller for Reaperware.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2024

Auctioneers originally thought the lidded vase was from the 20th Century but now believe it to be a "superb quality" 18th Century creation from the Qianlong period.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2023

She's kind of pretty in the flickering lamplight, with glittering green powder over her smooth- lidded eyes and a short, black, bobbed haircut.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss and some of his City Council colleagues want to explore lidding Interstate 5.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

The spectrum of highway-skeptical advocacy is broad — on behalf of the wholesale removal of a portion of 99, the redesign of Aurora Avenue, the lidding of I-5 near downtown Seattle, against U.S.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2022

Kirwan is never loath to combat a political foe by lidding his barrel.

From Time Magazine Archive

The light had retreated at the insistence of the darkness—a scrap of cloud lidding the blank eye of the moon—and Bone Gap was still.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

"I can all but read your thoughts," he went on, lidding his green eyes a number of times.

From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Gayle Porter Hoskins


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