jar
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A more humorous example of this, he said, is a 2015 Instagram photo from TSA of an open jar of peanut butter.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
It will not change your weight on a bathroom scale or alter how manufacturers measure ingredients like peanut butter for a 16-ounce jar.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Vitamins, repair tape and a jar of mango chutney - just some of what my household bought last month via Amazon's sprawling online shopping platform.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
A way of saying: Here you are sitting in a white-tablecloth restaurant where a martini and fries costs more than your phone bill, but here’s a jar of candy to snack on.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026
Behind her on the kitchen table two parcels were tied up in napkins: cold fried chicken, a roasting ear, a jar each of pickled peaches for sure, and I don’t know what all.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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