jug
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When a friend pointed out some weighted bags lining the path at the bottom of the staircase one day, the siblings quickly abandoned the water jug idea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Within the exhibition halls, a bedroom, living room and kitchen -- complete with a glass jug, coffee pot, and spice containers -- recreate details of daily life in the homes of southern Lebanese residents.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Each time a downpour begins, Scott strips down to the waist, grabs a large glass jug, and runs out to one of three drainpipes to collect enough water to last the week.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
Karen became so worried about the water she would pack her own cutlery and water jug.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
The boy offered her a drink of water from a tall jug, but she batted it away and buried her face in his chest.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Others include jugged hare and flummery - an oat-based fermented jelly, associated with farmhouse production and poverty.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
Without tannins, cider can taste flabby, one-dimensional, limp—and in need of flavorings to mask the fact that it tastes like, well, jugged juice.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2016
Wartime Premier Hideld Tojo's 48-year-old brother, Kikuro, was jugged for 18 months for lifting odds & ends from Tokyo train passengers.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Casper, Wyo., L. D. Mudge bravely entered a police station to bail out a pal, got jugged as an escaped prisoner when a cop saw through his set of false whiskers.
From Time Magazine Archive
People’s mouths moved, their feet moved, a car jugged by—but with no sound.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
According to the FBI, jugging has surged during the pandemic.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
According to a recent report from ABC’s “Good Morning America,” the city of Austin has had 84 jugging cases this year.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
When the Marathon was three-fourths finished, he was just an obscure also-ran, jugging along in tenth place, eighth place.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ground game at that, for Coracle is in the act of "jugging" a hare.
From Gwen Wynn by Mayne Reid
Well, after "jugging" Stoneman, we go back to Atlanta and occupy our same old place near the concrete house.
From "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show by Sam R. Watkins
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