pour
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When factories couldn’t keep up with surging demand during the pandemic, they believed industry giants would pour resources into making stuff the world already loved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
"You can't pour from an empty cup," she posted on social media.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Strain: Set a fine-mesh strainer over a bowl or heatproof measuring cup and pour in the syrup.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Days after the strongest quake to hit Colombia this century, destitute families continue to pour into Pereira's makeshift camps.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Government funding for the Glitch Initiative continued to pour in daily, and the grounds showed it.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
The petition was started by TVP federation chair Aileen O'Connor who said the decision to consider the killers for early release "pours salt into wounds that have never healed".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Natural light pours into Bloom Center, by contrast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Money regularly comes out of paychecks and pours into index funds tracking the S&P 500, buying stocks with no regard to value—only their weighting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
‘Hysteria’ grips San Francisco’s housing market as AI wealth pours in.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Ray takes out the milk and pours it into two mugs.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
We tend to forget about the laps we had to run, the defeats we endured and the sweat we poured out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Once poured into a cup, that lowers to around 90 or 95 degrees C.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
"My heart leaps with joy when I see ice that looks like a jewel," said the 41-year-old, as he poured cold hojicha tea into a glass filled with a large, clear sphere.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Irony and sarcasm effortlessly poured out, along with puns, bons mots and maxims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
I took a wooden cup and poured a mouthful into it.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded to that closure announcement a year ago by pouring out a bottle of Crown Royal during a news conference.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Images of the office widely shared online showed black smoke pouring from two windows on the front of the building.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Since the beginning of the year, Google has been pouring more of its researchers’ time and computing resources into improving its models’ coding capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Thunder and lightning accompanied a torrential downpour, followed by the obligatory pictures of rain pouring into the stadium through a leak in the roof.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
He started pouring birdseed over my head, and the birds flew down and started peck peck pecking at me, and...
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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