lid
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Gold futures posted their third decline in four sessions as the U.S. dollar gained and buoyant U.S. yields kept a lid on demand for the metal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
That tension added to the summer surge in U.S. bond yields, which prompted Treasury Secretary Bessent in August to intervene with plans to increase Treasury buybacks of long-dated bonds to keep a lid on rates.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Mars is commonly classified as a "stagnant lid" planet because, unlike Earth, its outer shell is not divided into moving tectonic plates.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Steinem lifted the lid on the underpaid life of a Bunny, and the physical pain of wearing the high-heels and tight corsets for hours.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
She yanked, wrenching the lid off with such force that it snapped in two.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Angelenos also should ensure the lids of their trash bins are closed and block any places around their homes where fleas can enter or hide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Prego assures customers there’s no reason to get our lids in a twist: The Connection Keeper doesn’t require a Wi-Fi connection or use artificial intelligence.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026
The pink, mouse-like creatures lived in craters covered by dustbin lids - the lids' noisy "clang" gave the show its name.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
At others, embers from the blazes landed on trash and recycling bins close to the houses, sometimes burning holes through the plastic lids and igniting the material inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
Gina brings home KFC for dinner, and the red-and-white tub is in the middle of the table, and the little containers are spread around with their lids off.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
Everything Sprouts said Friday that it was recalling 5 oz. lidded plastic containers of alfalfa sprouts that were distributed after May 26.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Smith understood how her features cut into and through a role – wide eyes amply lidded, trenchant cheekbones, features that one might associate with snobbery.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2024
The ceramic backsplash, dishes and lidded jars are all by Adam Miller for Reaperware.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2024
Auctioneers originally thought the lidded vase was from the 20th Century but now believe it to be a "superb quality" 18th Century creation from the Qianlong period.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2023
Pycelle's eyes were so heavily lidded he looked half-asleep.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss and some of his City Council colleagues want to explore lidding Interstate 5.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
The spectrum of highway-skeptical advocacy is broad — on behalf of the wholesale removal of a portion of 99, the redesign of Aurora Avenue, the lidding of I-5 near downtown Seattle, against U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2022
Kirwan is never loath to combat a political foe by lidding his barrel.
From Time Magazine Archive
The light had retreated at the insistence of the darkness—a scrap of cloud lidding the blank eye of the moon—and Bone Gap was still.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
"I can all but read your thoughts," he went on, lidding his green eyes a number of times.
From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Gayle Porter Hoskins
