jar
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You can generally find these items for between $15 and $40 for a two- to four-ounce jar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Everyone has a different jar of jelly beans with which to make their calculations.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Richard Thomas came out carrying venison and beef sausage, banana nut bread, a dog toy and a jar of apple maple bacon jam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Somewhere along the line, the ideal picnic became a scattering of photogenic snacks: a baguette, a wedge of cheese, a handful of berries, perhaps a tiny jar of olives if someone was feeling ambitious.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
She’d take out money from every paycheck and drop it in a big jar with my name on it.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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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
Whey protein powder used to be a niche supplement sold in big jars to fitness mega-enthusiasts.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
Ms. Butterly accomplishes the feat of making “ceramics” become “sculpture” without the usual method of constructing giant jars with impossibly minuscule openings and jazzily geometric surface decoration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
These small mesh tents cover less than a square meter of ground and funnel emerging insects into glass jars.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026
Dried chili peppers hang along the eaves, lavender sachets are laced with ribbons, jars filled with homemade jams line the shelves.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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"I jarred my knee earlier so i'm going to have to go and get that checked out."
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
Roasted Peppers: Make them homemade or buy them canned or jarred, roasted peppers are filled with flavor that mimics the savory-sweetness of onions.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 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
The lack of clarity raises the prospect that the chaos of the past few days, which jarred markets and stress tested trans-Atlantic diplomacy, could return in the near future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Davos almost bit his tongue off when his teeth jarred together.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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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
Heil said he had just visited an exhibit featuring art made by artificial intelligence - an experience which he described as jarring.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
My recitation about the environmental ingenuity of enslaved people in the Underground Railroad was clearly jarring to many in the audience, perhaps even hostile to their understanding of Blackness.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
That includes my first wilderness campsite near Ford Point, where a several-thousand-pound elephant seal roused me from slumber with its jarring bark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
This was so jarring that Max had to remind himself, She’s just a whatnot!
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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