thermos
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In the 1960s and 1970s, he would be up before the sun to pack a thermos of coffee and a camp lunch in one saddle bag and an acrid, tar-like screwworm killer in the other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
You could drop off breakfast in the form of convenience-store pastries and a thermos of hot coffee to share.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 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
She belched out a stainless steel canister—an old-fashioned lunch box thermos with a black plastic top.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
The thermoses “were a workhorse for the workers,” Boyer said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
If we’re dealing in clichés, these thermoses belong in the lunchbox of a guy taking a break from the assembly line or in the hands of a construction worker.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2024
Then he makes her oatmeal and tea for breakfast, leaving them in thermoses to keep them warm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 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
Some people on the street supported the protesters by smiling, offering words of encouragement, or bringing them thermoses filled with hot coffee.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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