jam
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What: A homegoods brand whose products include jam, candles and “flower sprinkles”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
I like the brunch place where a waiter knows I want blackberry jam with my Texas toast, and I know what his nieces have been reading lately.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
"We need to keep talking, but now we need to set conditions," is the view of Najia the jam maker.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
We’d jam at the end or try all these things to make it sound different.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
I pull the cloth napkin from my bag and unwrap the apple jam sandwich.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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As ever sells jams, teas, candles and other products "crafted to elevate your everyday and inspire moments of joy", and there is no indication that it will end when she moves across the Atlantic.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
I ping-ponged from soft cheeses to eggs and squash, then past a gelato cart and a table crowded with jams, pepper jellies and a milk carton filled with VHS tapes.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Frederic Tavitian, a 70-year-old retiree, who lives about 50 kilometres away, said it took him about four hours to get to the shelter because of the traffic jams.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Heavy on grooves and jams, this album sometimes feels unfocused and indulgent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
But Mother warned us not to eat any of the chocolate spreads, jams, sliced breads, or cookies, or drink any of the chocolate milk in the cartons the soldiers regularly left behind.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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Late in the season, he jammed his left elbow sliding into home plate, jarring loose some bone chips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Those included a residential sliding glass door popping out of its frame, shifting entry gates that jammed shut, and an increase in water leaking through the garage ceiling hours before the final collapse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The avenue is jammed on weekends, a rare artery of late-night action surrounded by streets abandoned to stray dogs as midnight approaches.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
David was one of five children; a tight-knit, loving unit jammed into a tiny terrace in Bradford.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Sometimes the road became so jammed we could scarcely move at all.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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The equivalent of 10,000 coins have been painstakingly removed from the Giant's Causeway following years of visitors jamming them between the columns.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The National Trust said the practice of jamming a coin into the causeway had started years ago but had become problematic as it increased in scale over the last decade.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
So can radio-frequency jamming and electronic warfare systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
“I remember one time he invited us to Sunset Sound in the middle of the night. We get there and we’re jamming, then suddenly we look around and he’s disappeared. ‘
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
As we near the heart of Tokyo, the streets turn crowded, until the sea of people jamming the sidewalks makes Times Square look empty by comparison.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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