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bag

[bag] / bæg /


NOUN
special interest or activity
Synonyms


VERB
droop
Synonyms


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Misty carries herself imperiously, faking success with a Birkin bag and beachfront crash pad that belongs to a dead lover whose widow wants it back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

"I've got a box of 20 samosas for £1.50 and a big huge bag of chicken for £6. Times are quite tight at the moment, being pensioners, it's cheap and the chicken is amazing."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The duo oversaw the studio for the last four years, providing a mixed bag of hits and misses for the Burbank-based studio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

If they can’t afford an Hermès bag or another pair of Chanel flats, they might just splurge on a different kind of status symbol.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

She shoves her phone back in her bag.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The White House does not use poop bags.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The thing is, I carry bags with me and clean up after Philly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Groppo highlighted the enthusiasm among a new male audience for Chanel ready-to-wear, including "loafers, trainers, blazers and bags".

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

All she was able to take with her were some plastic bags filled with clothes.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

“You try stepping on a rat the size of a golden retriever!” he said loudly, now giving a wide berth to the garbage bags.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Still, Hargitay just wrapped up a one-woman show on Broadway and recently bagged two Emmys for her documentary “My Mom Jayne” all while still working on “Law and Order.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Then I round the corner toward the bagged vegetables and point my phone at a package of Earthbound Farm broccoli florets.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

It’s safe to eat lettuce and bagged salad greens again now that cyclospora cases are declining — at least in Michigan.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Low Flight, inspired by the everyday challenges delivery riders face, has bagged the Lu Xun Literary Prize - named after a writer who has been referred to as the father of modern Chinese literature.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Every spring, Mom had us dumping layers of bagged soil and manure on top of the garden plot to help the seeds along.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

Will you have to worry about shoveling snow in the winter or bagging up an acre’s worth of leaves in the fall?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

After bagging three goals in nine games in Russia, Duran now has the chance to make a home at Benfica, his seventh club in the seventh country of his young career.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Deutch is perfect casting for plucky Gail, who commits to bagging Hamm with such gumption that she jumps on a hotel mattress like a little kid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Investment banks are bagging lush payments as mergers and acquisitions boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Their faces are familiar, but you don’t get names and life stories when you’re bagging folks’ groceries.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas




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