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jar

[jahr] / dʒɑr /






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He’d been rooting around dusty barns at an agricultural estate sale and found pristine packs of Chiclets and Life Savers inside a sealed Mason jar, including one unopened Choc-O-Mint.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

She collected some in a jar and brought them to her supervisor, Bryan Danforth, professor of entomology in Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

The bottom of the jar is often the best part.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

“He especially enjoyed it when we’d have a story about some politician caught with his hand in the cookie jar, or a spicy feature about stuffed shirts behaving badly,” Willse said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Another jar flew into the air and flashed open.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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