pour
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Thursday also marked Micron’s first concrete pour for its facility in Clay, N.Y., a quarter ahead of schedule.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Most people pour the leftover brine down the drain without a second thought.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
“Just to watch her take something that was so difficult and pour herself into everything that went into last year was something I’ll never forget,” coach Lindsay Gottlieb said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
His staff are working seven days a week to fit in extra installations and surveys, visiting around five homes a day as inquiries pour in.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Fill up the cup once and pour it over her entire right hand.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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
Oltmanns, a professor at the University of Bremen in Germany, led a 2024 study showing that the melting of Greenland ice pours freshwater into the ocean, creating colder surface waters in the North Atlantic.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Every significant criminal case eventually becomes a vessel into which the country pours its anxieties, fears, loyalties, and grievances.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026
The path down to it leads to where Acheron, the river of woe, pours into Cocytus, the river of lamentation.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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The capital was already buzzing with activity after the final, where thousands of supporters who gathered in bars and three fan zones had poured out into the streets in celebration.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
They’ll be warm and brought back to life shortly when rich, warm broth is poured.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Hundreds of comments of support have poured in on the restaurant’s Instagram page.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
The furnaces operate at extreme temperatures, with iron ore and coking coal poured in at the top and liquid iron extracted at the bottom.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Sarah snatched a small box of baking soda and poured it over the small flame until it went out.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Gulf governments are pouring billions of dollars into new pipelines, rail corridors and energy storage hubs to bypass the strait, in what is set to become one of the most durable outcomes of the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
US data center construction spending has surged in recent years, with tech firms pouring tens of billions of dollars into building out infrastructure amid the race to lead in AI.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
For Mortimore, the most important question is whether the application layer of AI can generate enough returns to justify the enormous amounts of money pouring into the hardware layer.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Which, when you think about it, is a pretty compelling argument for not pouring that jar down the drain.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
I squint through the pouring rain to see my dad standing in the doorway.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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