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pot

[pot] / pɒt /


NOUN
marijuana
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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

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

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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