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thermos

[thur-muhs] / ˈθɜr məs /
NOUN
canteen
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NOUN
thermos bottle
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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

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

At regular intervals, he poured himself a cup of steaming hot chai from his thermos.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026

The legacy brand that sold its iconic green thermos to men for decades has recently pivoted to targeting women and younger generations through influencer marketing and product scarcity.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

Mr. Larson had picked up his briefcase, his red thermos, and his raincoat, and he was headed toward the back door of the school.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements

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

They collected blaze-yellow protective gear from lockers in the back, donned hard hats and tugged at thermoses of coffee and cans of Rockstar — readying for another long and grueling day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 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

There were middle class families with thermoses of water, pensioners in undershirts and students holding yellow umbrellas symbolizing the protest movement.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022

Below, on the overcrowded sidewalks, more than two and a half million people, armed with beach chairs, picnic baskets, and thermoses, solemnly watched hundreds of floats pass by.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple




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