shaker
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"So he was a real mover and shaker of the movement".
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
A seed shaker swaps the bouquet for something that actually grows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
He held up a shaker filled with salt and spices and pointed out the little holes on the shaker’s cover.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2025
Before that, I only knew the Kraft shaker bottle.
From Salon ● May 23, 2025
Dad had weighted down the note with the salt shaker.
From "Doing Time Online" by Jan Siebold
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There, Chip stands in front of the cheese case for a moment, brushing past the string cheese and the Parmesan shakers before settling on a packet of American singles.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
It’s all part of an effort, observers say, for the companies to properly position themselves with the movers and shakers in town.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026
Movers and shakers will gather at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday to hear U.S.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
Self-proclaimed Parrot Heads—who still slap stickers on the building and leave flip-flops, salt shakers and other assorted memorabilia outside as a shrine to sunny good times—want instead to memorialize the studio forever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
There were salt and pepper shakers stuck to it, the contents hard-ened.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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