candleholder
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The Japanese name for Thismia, one of the major groups within this family, is "Tanuki-no-shokudai," which means "raccoon dog's candleholder" and refers both to their shape and their underground lifestyle.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024
This year, the White House is displaying its own menorah - the candleholder that Jews light for eight consecutive nights - for the first time, Mr Biden said.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2022
Regardless of budget, pairing a candle and candleholder benefits from experimentation and unlikely couplings.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
Michael Lohan said the candleholder smashed against a palm tree and shards of glass cut his left forearm.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2018
Then Zohra picks up a candleholder, instead of the green box.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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Klymenko, Ukraine’s interior minister, carried candleholders and crosses from areas covered in shattered glass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
The same could be said for Reflections Copenhagen, which sells surrealist mirrors shaped like lips and eyes as well as candleholders, bookends and tables made of vividly colored crystal.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
On top of that, consumers suddenly stopped buying items like candleholders and washing machines, for which Arc makes glass windows, sending orders plunging.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
How stinking cute are these little gourds turned candleholders?
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2021
As the debris, bricks, and metal cooled, enterprising youngsters dug out melted candleholders, blackened plates and teapots, fused- together pieces of silverware, and sold them to tourists.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
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