pot
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It’s created this amazing melting pot that really sets us apart from every other state, and it’s truly woven into the depths of Texas culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Agree with your wife on a “fun-money” budget — a pot of money you can dip tino for leisure activities without regret, rumination or recrimination.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
In the Premier League there is no specific prize pot for being crowned champions.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
I use a Copco enamel pot I got on eBay for rice and soups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
If a chicken strayed too close to the cooking pot, his tale was about a reckless chicken.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Burwood said she would either put the cash in charity pots while she was out and about, or hand donations directly to staff in local charity shops.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Divers from the expedition brought the pots up to the surface, where they are now being carefully conserved after so many thousands of years underwater.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
"And in this case, there could have been a more meaningful reason behind it. By tying the homeland pottery into this enchainment, they're bringing those pots with them into the next generation."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Woodall returned at the cafe’s request, filming the stained, decaying ceiling and the water-catching buckets and coffee pots on the floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Nhamo filled one of the pots with live coals and perched it in a pool of water at the bottom of the boat.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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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
One such element she shared in her posts is a large brown boucle and wood chair that sits atop a beige rug, alongside a large potted plant.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Residents can also keep spaced-out potted plants under this height, as long as they’re easily movable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026
He potted the green as the 16th red before adding his opening black and then reeling off 15 reds, 13 further blacks and two pinks before clearing the final six colours to reach 153.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
A short distance from the bottom, the path curved around a large potted cactus.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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He also met a group of primary school pupils taking part in potting in the foundation's Growing Together, Cooking Together programme.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 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
But Mrs Bayley points out that the process is remarkably similar to what amateur gardeners do in a potting shed, taking a cutting from a much-loved rose to grow another.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
“I would trade potting soil to a man who owned a vegan restaurant in exchange for food. You always get what you need here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025
Had enough wood left over to make Byrd’s potting shed.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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