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kettle

[ket-l] / ˈkɛt l /


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Police may close roads, establish perimeters, kettle crowds, redirect traffic, block movement, and call those acts public order.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

The problem is similar to mineral scale building up inside a tea kettle or clogging a shower head over time, except seawater contains far higher concentrations of dissolved salts.

From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026

"They started coming from everywhere, from the wi-fi router, under the kettle, the toaster and all the switchboards. We would cook and they would keep coming from the sockets, from under the microwave."

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Yet within the time it might take to boil water in a kettle, the chaos had cooled enough for a structure to emerge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

“I’ll be right back as soon as I get the kettle filled.”

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

The family initially boiled kettles to fill up buckets to wash and clean the dishes, but they've now invested in a camping shower.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

There’s a room in an Estée Lauder-owned facility on Long Island where kelp swirls around in giant kettles while scientists pump sounds of the ocean to help unlock its healing powers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

"My baby son has been having the poshest baths - six bottles of mineral water and two kettles," he said.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

At Kris Kringl, a downtown shop where “it’s Christmas all year long,” one can find Christmas villages, Christmas-themed cuckoo clocks, Christmas-themed cookie jars, Christmas-themed table runners, “Deck the Halls” tea kettles and much more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

In the center were three huge kettles, each four feet tall, hung over beds of hot coals.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren




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