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pouch

[pouch] / paʊtʃ /
NOUN
soft container, often made of cloth or skin
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Despite the "frightening" situation, Marley remained calm and used a mobile phone kept in a waterproof pouch to contact his nan on shore, who called 999.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

“Let’s not have him shake his head,” said Rae, as she leaned closer toward the screen displaying the vertical video feed of the father eating from a bright yellow pouch of Gushers.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

A pilot program launched in September to speed pouch product reviews was going well, the agency said.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

A staffer for Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders offered a Kennedy aide a tobacco pouch from a custom gold tin at a dinner in Washington this spring.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

‘Remember,’ she said, ‘if you find the stone tooth, don’t touch it with your bare, hands. And you’d better let me have the pouch with the river eyes.’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Plus, how fitness trackers stack up against each other and the popularity of panic pouches.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Panic pouches are the new way to soothe anxiety.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Those include rival Rogue’s mango-flavored pouches and Velo’s wild berry and dragon fruit flavors.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

In Essex, another school has just invested in magnetically locked pouches, to replace its previous out-of-sight policy.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

The tubes were tucked into individual slots inside small canvas pouches hand-sewn by a local Baltimore woman.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

He estimates roughly 85 CoreWeave employees have been pouched by OpenAI and Anthropic this year alone.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, was trained by the Belgian charity Apopo before moving to Cambodia to begin his bomb-sniffing career in 2016.

From BBC Apr. 4, 2026

Leask finished with magnificent figures of 4-17, while Mark Watt chipped in with 2-24 as Munsey pouched four catches.

From BBC Feb. 9, 2026

There are several other reasons African giant pouched rats are a good choice for fighting illegal wildlife trade.

From NewsForKids.net Nov. 28, 2024

He was very tall, with formidable hefty hind legs and a comical pouched face topped off by two immense ears which flopped about of their own accord.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The district has left the choreography of pouching — and policing — to the schools.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2025

Two overs later De Villiers fell in similar fashion for 40, David Warner pouching an awkward catch at point.

From BBC Nov. 11, 2012

When Castro addressed an election-eve rally on Jan. 9, all his 71 years were recorded on his face: a beard grown gray, deep bags pouching out below red-rimmed eyes, age spots dotting his forehead.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he opened his eyes and raised his head, pouching out his cheeks and sniffing at the two rabbits beside him.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

When the turkey was relieved from his pouching and sent to bed, Pierre Grignon took his violin.

From Lazarre by Mary Hartwell Catherwood




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