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Some analysts have ventured to say that diminished demand could keep a lid on oil prices through the rest of the year, even if traffic through the Strait of Hormuz doesn’t fully recover.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026

In 2013, the vaccination rate among California kindergartners hit a low of 92.3%, below the 95% threshold doctors say is needed to keep a lid on outbreaks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

You have to believe in what is under the lid, behind the frost, wrapped in parchment, waiting to become itself again.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

June was particularly brutal for Europe as a "heat dome" -- a high-pressure system acting like a lid on a boiling pot -- led to all-time and monthly temperature records in several countries.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

She spills some but gets the idea that the water is inside the lid and kind of lifts her nose to better lap it up.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

It had somehow learned to peel off the bottles’ lids and gulp the cream down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Bratz dolls, all lip gloss and heavy lids, were suddenly cooler than Barbie, who looked conservative by comparison.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

A spokesperson for the Mother Lode in West Hollywood said that the only difference in operations was a stack of plastic lids at the end of the bar, which will be provided for free.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025

He told BBC Newsnight's special programme: "Why has this one got the firmest of lids on it? I think it is because it goes to the heart of the British state."

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025

His mouth was slightly open, and I could not see his eyes; they were hidden by the lids.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

Then store in a lidded contain in the fridge.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2024

Auctioneers originally thought the lidded vase was from the 20th Century but now believe it to be a "superb quality" 18th Century creation from the Qianlong period.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2023

I parked on Range View under a sky lidded with clouds and chose a coffee and a juice from Starbucks — the sort of small, inexpensive selection that’s typical of the undesired deliveries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

Mayhew, who has mixed African American and Native American ancestry, has a stocky frame, a salt and pepper goatee and heavily lidded eyes; his speech is punctuated by a compulsive chuckle.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2023

Mucky clouds lidded the sunrise but today was bags windier and better for kite flying.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss and some of his City Council colleagues want to explore lidding Interstate 5.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

The spectrum of highway-skeptical advocacy is broad — on behalf of the wholesale removal of a portion of 99, the redesign of Aurora Avenue, the lidding of I-5 near downtown Seattle, against U.S.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2022

Kirwan is never loath to combat a political foe by lidding his barrel.

From Time Magazine Archive

The light had retreated at the insistence of the darkness—a scrap of cloud lidding the blank eye of the moon—and Bone Gap was still.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

"I can all but read your thoughts," he went on, lidding his green eyes a number of times.

From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Gayle Porter Hoskins