sack
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Another time, he brought back a sack of flour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
After marching down the field on a 13-play opening drive, a third-down sack forced the Trojans to settle for a field-goal attempt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
In July the head of NHS England, Sir Jim Mackey, issued a "stark warning" that staff could face the sack or even prison for doing so.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Glasgow City Council is to sack more than 23,000 members of staff and then rehire them to new contracts after pay talks broke down with unions.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
“Why, I figured that you’d have a sack full of monkeys by now. What happened? Couldn’t you find them?”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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