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[jahr] / dʒɑr /






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Following his arrest, officers strip-searched him and went through property that included a handgun, a silencer and a jar of Skippy peanut butter.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

"There are a number of pieces of information in these notes that just might jar someone to say 'you know, I've heard that'," said Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Everyone has a different jar of jelly beans with which to make their calculations.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

The detainees said an 8 oz. jar of Folgers instant coffee costs $18 at the California City facility, a single instant ramen soup is 75 cents and a box of 40 tampons costs nearly $21.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Darren and Sage and Candace and them walked away, laughing, and I picked the jar up off the grass and handed it to Betsy.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

In a whitewashed basement in a village south of Kabul, a dozen young women bustle about, stirring cauldrons of bubbling cherries and plums, and sticking labels on glass jam jars.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Wearing disposable gloves, he used aluminum foil to collect the meteorite fragments and placed them in glass jars.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Before long, his concoction was such a hit that guests were begging for jars to take home.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Maybe the pantry has an easier time earning our affection because it sits there so beautifully, all jars and tins and labels facing forward.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

With fruits and vegetables preserved in Mason jars and extra hay for Belle, we can survive winter.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

The unnamed condiment originally mixed herbs and spices with buttermilk and mayonnaise and its popularity with guests led to it being jarred so they could take some home.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

Throughout the documentary, former players describe how Benitez's criticism and obsession with granular tactical detail sometimes jarred.

From BBC May 12, 2026

He recommends starting with fresh garlic, as opposed to garlic that has already been canned or jarred.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2026

Scientists, jarred by Beecher’s findings, grew more invested in ruling out the possibility that a drug’s effects were due to placebo.

From Slate Jan. 30, 2026

Her voice jarred me so that I gasped.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

This shift in focus was jarring for the Post, which had previously published a diversity of viewpoints in its opinion pages while maintaining a largely liberal editorial orientation.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

“When you first see it, and it’s fresh, and some of the cuts are still wide open, I mean, it’s jarring — it’s jarring,” Simms said on “PFT Live.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Even more jarring than the image of James wearing such an unfamiliar uniform, however, was the number James signed for: $8 million over two seasons.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

The roughly 7 million student-loan borrowers who were enrolled in SAVE, a Biden-era repayment program, will likely experience some of the most jarring changes over the next few months.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

I tried not to lean against him, to grit my teeth against the jarring motion, but I could barely keep my head from rolling back.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken




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