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bag

[bag] / bæg /


NOUN
special interest or activity
Synonyms


VERB
droop
Synonyms


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This weekend, leave the predictable bag of chips behind and win the cookout with thrilling bites from Thailand, Canada, and even … Pennsylvania.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

A.Capital said it could bag $1.5 billion on the sale of Hugging Face, while SV Angel estimates it could receive $312 million.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

She picked up her personal phone to check on her family and grabbed a bag for back-to-school supplies she had ordered from Amazon.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

During a recent interview with the magazine Women's Wear Daily, she revealed she wear tests all of the products herself and often creates items she wishes she already had in her make-up bag.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Betsie drew the little cloth bag from beneath her overalls and held it out to me, but I shook my head.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Foreign ministry spokesman Lok Bahadur Poudel Chhetri said Nepal needed specialised international assistance, including heavy-lift drones and temporary bridges, as well as body bags and DNA testing kits to help identify the dead.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

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

South Korea's former first lady admitted to receiving Chanel bags, but said she later returned them without using them.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

Some American Express Platinum cardholders had found ways to apply a $200 airline credit intended only for incidentals like checked bags, Wi-Fi and in-flight meals to flights.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

Sleeping bags and pillows, my Yahtze game, long forks for roasting marshmallows, folding chairs to use around the campfire, Mom’s books, Dad’s wood carving tools, Abby’s doll, my radio, Moose’s basket.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

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

It’s safe to eat lettuce and bagged salad greens again now that cyclospora cases are declining — at least in Michigan.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

He netted against Wales and then bagged a second-half hat-trick against France in the semi-finals, with his legend cemented in the final.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

In the past, foods including bagged salad mixes, fresh cilantro, fresh basil, raspberries, snow peas and scallions have been linked to cyclosporiasis.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

He went to the closet and rummaged in the back, the old overcoats and bagged dresses inside muffling his voice.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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

Investment banks are bagging lush payments as mergers and acquisitions boom.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

Leroy Junior, who’s a senior at Lenier High, is bagging groceries at the Jitney 14.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett




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