carton
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She includes any information-seeking act, from a verbal interrogative to the sniff one might give a carton of milk to gauge its freshness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Sipping a juice out of a carton -- his one indulgence for the game -- he came to the cafe after spending 20 hours without power at home.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
He reaches for his carton of milk — it’s empty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
The list price rose 5% to $4,193 for a carton, or one month’s supply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Fadi nodded and carefully opened his carton of orange juice.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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Police said they recovered more than 2,100 pairs of Nike shoes and 150 cartons of clothing worth an estimated $500,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Patz was the first missing child to be featured on milk cartons as part of a nationwide search.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Influencers in cowboy hats chugged cartons of milk.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Reports on abysmally low rates of recycling for milk cartons and polystyrene had been widely shared even before that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
Over the course of his or her life, a typical member of a modern affluent society will own several million artefacts—from cars and houses to disposable nappies and milk cartons.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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