carton
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She includes any information-seeking act, from a verbal interrogative to the sniff one might give a carton of milk to gauge its freshness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
But according to the CPI, the average price of a carton of large Grade A eggs has fallen 48%.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
The list price rose 5% to $4,193 for a carton, or one month’s supply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
If they were loose, she folded a carton in the shape of a heart to fill in the space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025
A pile of paper napkins, a Styrofoam plate full of unwanted baked beans, a banana peel, an oozing milk carton.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
Police said they recovered more than 2,100 pairs of Nike shoes and 150 cartons of clothing worth an estimated $500,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Patz was the first missing child to be featured on milk cartons as part of a nationwide search.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Influencers in cowboy hats chugged cartons of milk.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Reports on abysmally low rates of recycling for milk cartons and polystyrene had been widely shared even before that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
He held the boy by the hand and they went along the rows of stenciled cartons.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
