sack
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We looked at maps, got advice on where to go next and ate our sack lunches at a picnic table, marveling at those green slopes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
One of several similar images, it illustrates an old Flemish proverb that can be politely translated as “Whoever holds a sack of gold will always have flatterers.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
Labour has called on Badenoch to sack Timothy over the comments, with party chair Anna Turley branding them "utterly appalling".
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
"If he was in my team, he'd be gone. It's utterly appalling. She should denounce his comments and she should sack him," he said at PMQs.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
After an hour I was starving, so I ate all the biscuits in my sack.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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