jar

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When arguing for punitive damages against the tech companies, Lanier held up a jar of 415 M&Ms to show how a $1 billion fine would be a fraction of Alphabet’s $415 billion in shareholder equity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

In arguing his case for punitive damages, Kaley's attorney Mark Lanier - a folksy Texas litigator - had shown the jury a jar of M&Ms.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

“Not lawyer arguments, not props like a glass of water or a jar of M&Ms, But actual proof in evidence.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

I left a note with a jar of honey.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

“No you couldn’t,” Bat said, stabbing the knife into the peanut butter jar.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold