colander
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Enthralled, Elio plops a colander on his head and pleads for aliens to touch down and “take me with you — but not in a desperate way.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025
And the NHL’s most fearsome netminder suddenly looked as impenetrable as a colander.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2025
If you don't have access to eclipse glasses, you can create a simple pinhole camera with just two sheets of cardboard or even use a colander to project the Sun's image safely onto the ground.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025
Water flows through this rock as it does through a colander in your kitchen sink.
From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024
His mother was in the kitchen poking out the clogged holes of a colander with a hairpin, and biting her lower lip with concentration.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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