jug
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Within the exhibition halls, a bedroom, living room and kitchen -- complete with a glass jug, coffee pot, and spice containers -- recreate details of daily life in the homes of southern Lebanese residents.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Each time a downpour begins, Scott strips down to the waist, grabs a large glass jug, and runs out to one of three drainpipes to collect enough water to last the week.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
Karen became so worried about the water she would pack her own cutlery and water jug.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
At age 16, he met Garcia, 21, in Palo Alto, Calif., and they formed a jug band, shifting to electric instruments following the rapid popularity of the Beatles in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
She poured water from a jug into a small kettle and set it on the fire.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Others include jugged hare and flummery - an oat-based fermented jelly, associated with farmhouse production and poverty.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
Without tannins, cider can taste flabby, one-dimensional, limp—and in need of flavorings to mask the fact that it tastes like, well, jugged juice.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2016
Sixty years after Teller William Sydney Porter was jugged for embezzling $854.08 from an Austin bank, the Texas Heritage Foundation asked the President for a posthumous pardon.
From Time Magazine Archive
So well did he succeed in annoying two prominent New Yorkers, Jay Gould and Jim Fiske, that a crooked Tammany judge jugged him.
From Time Magazine Archive
People’s mouths moved, their feet moved, a car jugged by—but with no sound.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
According to the FBI, jugging has surged during the pandemic.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
According to a recent report from ABC’s “Good Morning America,” the city of Austin has had 84 jugging cases this year.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
When the Marathon was three-fourths finished, he was just an obscure also-ran, jugging along in tenth place, eighth place.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ground game at that, for Coracle is in the act of "jugging" a hare.
From Gwen Wynn by Mayne Reid
Well, after "jugging" Stoneman, we go back to Atlanta and occupy our same old place near the concrete house.
From "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show by Sam R. Watkins
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