cone
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Russell’s befuddled Jackson is as useless as a traffic cone but Blunt’s Margaret is a gas before the movie makes her go all glassy-eyed and solemn.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The prices are particularly eye-catching for an expensive city like New York—a $1.19 cone of soft-serve or $3.79 milk tea, for instance.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
It is understood a traffic cone was placed on Foley's head by Yungblud fans after she had allegedly started shouting abuse.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
On your cicchetti crawl, consider also stopping for a scartosso, a paper cone filled with fried seafood and polenta.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
The island was built in layers, Nim thought: beach and rock, grassland and rain forest, and, last of all, the rocky Fire Mountain cone.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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Stump Speech: Tree Terminology
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Middle School Geometry, List 1
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Geometry - Introductory
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