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pan

[pan] / pæn /


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“I will go out there with my metal pan and my metal spoon and I will bang the drums in joy,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

Poornima, a salt pan worker, sips black tea during the day -- saying the hot drink induces sweating in the dry weather to cool the body.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

There, he laid a pan with beef bought from a grocery store, water and sliced tomatoes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

The chicken warms gently in the pan, soaking it up, and suddenly you have a dinner that feels borderline dinner-party-adjacent.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

A woman appeared in the doorway, a pan in hand.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye




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