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bag

[bag] / bæg /


NOUN
special interest or activity
Synonyms


VERB
droop
Synonyms


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Carrick described his fitness update before the Como encounter as "a mixed bag".

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The price of a 50-pound bag of onions swung as high as $2.75 before plummeting as low as 10 cents.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

I’d just like to be able to let my phone die in my bag and still be called to breakfast.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

He unlatched himself so he could briefly get up and hand the bag to the sick passenger, who promptly vomited in it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Sadie, ever loyal to my mom, had slipped it into my bag, neatly wrapped in foil, saying it was for the three of us.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The number of Gazans given bags of flour and ration boxes by the WFP will now fall from 1.1 million to 600,000 each month.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Now she and her family were packing their bags to go to a shelter to wait out Trudy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Barf bags are still supposed to be put in every seat, major U.S. airlines and flight attendants say, though some acknowledged that bags may not always be replaced immediately.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

ABM, a major cleaning contractor, says its teams check for airsickness bags when they clean cabins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Under the combined sleeping bags, there was a space for the three of them to huddle, crouched together beneath their makeshift roof.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

It capped a vintage few months for Solskjaer's super sub legend, having bagged four in the final 10 minutes of an 8-1 win at Nottingham Forest in the February.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

Some smaller restaurants last week threw out lettuce, greens and bagged salad mixes; pulled salads and raw vegetables from menus; or only served greens like spinach that had been cooked.

From MarketWatch ● 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

In the 1970s and 1980s, teen employment routinely topped 50%, as bagging groceries, flipping burgers and lifeguarding were considered a rite of passage for young Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

Now, as I drive, I look forward to that simple act of bagging rocks.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir


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