pot
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“As a Texan, I am proud of the cultural melting pot that makes our state so great and this collaboration is such a fun example of that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
These companies saw hundreds of customers queueing to create their own dessert pot, despite it not being a particularly cheap treat, with tubs costing as much as £12.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
I use a Copco enamel pot I got on eBay for rice and soups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Anyone who has ever heated a pot of water knows that temperature depends on more than how hot something gets.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
By the fireplace there was a giant pot.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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"It's sort of like Russian nesting dolls because you have grog within grog within grog. You can trace this back several generations of pots," Wallis said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Instead, more people in the UK now have what are called defined contribution pension pots, which can run out.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
This week, exasperated residents blocked the highway linking Tachira state to Barinas at night, banging pots and pans and honking horns in protest.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
The narrow walkway separating the parking lot from her front door is filled with planters and flower pots of all sizes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Nhamo filled the cooking pots and watered the pumpkin mounds.
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
If you could have seen inner Mark when he didn't reach the pink, he was doing somersaults and then I potted a good yellow.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 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
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
There’s a potted plant on the desk, a pen-holder set, papers.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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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
“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
Zhao Xintong produced a scintillating display of potting to open up a 12-4 lead against seven-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in their World Championship semi-final.
From BBC ● May 2, 2025
Tree-ear crouched beside Kang’s rubbish heap—a spot he knew well—and watched as Kang emerged from his potting shed early that evening carrying two small bowls.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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