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vase

[veys, veyz, vahz] / veɪs, veɪz, vɑz /
NOUN
vessel
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She’s a perfectionist at heart, something I remember with a sigh when I help her hang a picture or center a vase of flowers on her table.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

"I can't lay my eyes on my favourite place at home, on some elements of my house, a vase, a view from my window," he said.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

He tweaked the images, removing plastic gloves and flipping objects like a vase sideways to make for a more engaging composition.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

Sonny finds himself tripping over his ineptitude and tangled up in conflicting sympathies—he’s almost as anxious as his hostages, whom he treats with an apologetic kindliness, almost like a party crasher who’s broken a vase.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

“You just chose natural things. How about paintings, or music. We say, ‘The potter makes a beautiful vase.’

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Orbiting the fish is a constellation of things and signs: flora, flags, stars, vases, moons, arrows, a human‑headed flower, a zygote and a Christian cross.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Elegant hand-blown glass vases sit beside ceramic crater pots on warm cherry shelves.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

In a trip in November 2013 to Vincenzo Caffarella, a decorative arts and antiques shop in London, £170,000 was allegedly spent on a "vast amount of property" including Venetian lamps and vases.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

The couple have had the chance to add some of their own flair to the room in the form of artwork that is mounted on the wall, and a few vases and plants.

From MarketWatch Mar. 24, 2026

I had heard marvelous tales of his garden, also of the inside of the house—Attic vases, Meissen porcelain, paintings by Alma-Tadema and Frith.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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