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thermos

[thur-muhs] / ˈθɜr məs /
NOUN
canteen
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NOUN
thermos bottle
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“It brings back memories of hunkering down behind an old cottonwood drift log…drinking black coffee from a Stanley thermos and waiting for mallards to whistle by,” he mused on Facebook, where he does his campaigning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Add coffee, whether that’s hot in a thermos, iced in a travel mug or purchased from a nearby café on the way to the park, and you’re done.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

The base fits in cupholders; the handle makes it easier to sip from a heavy thermos while multitasking.

From Slate ● Jan. 18, 2024

The thermos still sells on the Stanley website for $36.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

The only familiar sound had been water running through garden hoses when he’d filled his thermos.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

Someone could usually be counted on to bring ice cream from the shop down the street, and I encouraged everyone to bring plastic tubs or thermoses for leftovers.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

They brought books, knitting, thermoses of coffee or something more muscular.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

Millennial women stocked up on the Stanley thermoses their dads used to use, one of a range of female-powered consumer fads.

From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

It was a cool fall morning and families sat on blankets or newspapers in the grass, passing around thermoses of tea.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2022

At twilight, the refugees gather with their blankets, rice pots, plates of fish, thermoses of tea, and eat noisily as the movie begins.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung


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