pot
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The pot was compact enough to fit in a palm, with a simple rim, a smooth dull gray surface, and no decoration.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
The Super Bowl is perennially the most watched TV event of the year, bringing in a huge pot of revenue for the media company holding the rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The nonprofit group uses private donors to give City Hall a pot of money to help finance its agenda.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
PIF is a £514bn pot of money used by the government of Saudi Arabia to invest in many different kinds of ventures - such as football club Newcastle United.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
I went back to the hearth and swung the pot over the fire.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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Before the war, Iryna Terekh’s small business made outdoor furniture and ornaments such as benches, flower pots and wash basins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Cubans who once feared government reprisals now criticize the country's leaders and have taken to banging pots and pans in regular nighttime protests.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
On the last day of the retreat, we put the finishing touches on our pinch pots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
They also divide money into different pots, including savings and smaller funds for predictable spending like haircuts.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Some of the pots would make it and would be fired and ring true to a testing finger snap and be useful for gathering food and carrying water.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
Depicted with potted plants, ample relaxation room, and chic luggage storage under Saarinen tulip tables, the people mover, the video promises, “will perhaps be best known for its convenience and its feeling of luxury.”
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Two crossing paths divide the space into four quarters planted with lavender and potted lemon trees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
In one corner, Biles and Owens have added a potted plant to inject some greenery into the room, while floor-to-ceiling curtains hang over the sliding walls of glass.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026
Resting on a table behind him are a potted flower and the Grammy Award that Megadeth won in 2017 for metal performance for the title track from the 2016 album “Dystopia.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
And when he wasn’t looking, she dumped the rest in a potted ficus.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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Depending on what they learn, the fix for future planting projects could be as simple as mixing a bit of native earth into the potting soil where the Joshua tree seedlings are grown.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
She created Petersham Nurseries Café, with a dirt floor, wobbly old chairs, secondhand cooking gear installed in a former potting shed, and a simple menu based on whatever was growing in the adjacent garden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
Confined indoors with little Christopher, Milne sat in a potting shed, feeling "gloomy" as the rain poured down, according to Brandreth.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
She started propagating succulent and houseplant cuttings, potting them in vessels she got from neighbors on a Buy Nothing group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
But another thing happens when we are readying our potting containers.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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