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sieve

noun as in strainer

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"The cover saved me a lot because after the Russian attack the car looked like a sieve."

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“This place leaks like a sieve,” he answered.

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A miracle required when your defence is populated by jittery players and leaks like a sieve.

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To save the gobies from that fate, scientists and citizen volunteers arrived on Jan. 17 and used giant nets that served as sieves to retrieve the fish that rarely exceed a length of two inches.

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If you want a silky texture, strain through a fine-mesh sieve.

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