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It doesn’t matter if you are in New York or London or Tokyo—the standard likely helped the professionals who brought it to you to get a nice warm mug of tea just right.

From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2026

A press conference displayed mug shots as First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli intoned the arrests "prove what we have been saying."

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Seated in a brown leather armchair while holding a coffee mug, Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee lays claim to his Muslim faith in straightforward, affecting terms.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

"To explain it, imagine a mug and a doughnut," he said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

I threw my hands up in frustration, knocking into Mom’s mug.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

Waiters weave through packed aisles carrying foaming one-liter mugs, and strangers at long wooden tables quickly become friends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

I have no idea what children will make of a movie with as many semi-serious gags about extortionate legal bills as silly ones where a spider mugs a bug.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

I took the small appliances from the cupboards, then mugs and bowls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Eight Le Creuset mugs were photographed in a drawer under what appears to be the kitchen counter and next to an oven.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Usually her grandparents kept the store open on Thanksgiving and prepared tamales to sell alongside clay mugs of steaming atole.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

Perhaps the mayor will now muster some sympathy for businesses mugged in similar schemes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

I was at Arsenal's game against Atletico for Radio 5 Live in midweek, and they were mugged in Madrid by referee Danny Makkelie.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

Also: What kind of dingus gets mugged on Fifth Avenue?

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026

Ultrapure-water projects are big, one-off beasts that everybody and his brother wants to build, so even the smart operators can watch their margins get mugged the minute capital spending gets a head cold.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025

The annals of Appalachian Trail hikes are full of tales of hikers being mugged by bears in the back country of the Smokies.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Outside in the streets, the cosplayers enjoyed mugging for the cameras or taking selfies and laughing at themselves and others while interacting with their favorite celebrities.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

Too often, it looked like a regulatory mugging of children with rare diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

No other conference-affiliated team endures the annual potential midseason mugging from an established independent like USC.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2025

There’s a little too much mugging, italicizing and elbow-nudging, as if we might not be able to enjoy Sondheim’s unsparing wit on our own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025

Dill took one hand off the handlebars and flexed his arm, mugging.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner