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pot

[pot] / pɒt /


NOUN
marijuana
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He said he would continue to press the UK government on the £200m funding pot.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Anyone who has ever heated a pot of water knows that temperature depends on more than how hot something gets.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

By the time the pot came out of the oven, most of the flavor was already there.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

A Turkish city cooked up largest-ever pot of baked beans, but no giant hot dog to go with it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Mama’s love had always been the kind that acted itself out with soup pot and sewing basket.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

"I had little pill pots, and he'd pop all of my meds out for me," she says.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Woodall returned at the cafe’s request, filming the stained, decaying ceiling and the water-catching buckets and coffee pots on the floor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Hannah said gardening offered a "safe space" to "take control of your little space of land or your balcony or your pots in the kitchen or whatever you're able to have".

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Before the war, Iryna Terekh’s small business made outdoor furniture and ornaments such as benches, flower pots and wash basins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

The red clay from which he had fashioned pots and dishes inspired him to try his hand at making something just for its own sake, something beautiful.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

Others—depicting grinning clowns, crying women and morphing objects and creatures, including human figures potted like plants—recall children’s drawings and John Tenniel’s illustrations for “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Depicted with potted plants, ample relaxation room, and chic luggage storage under Saarinen tulip tables, the people mover, the video promises, “will perhaps be best known for its convenience and its feeling of luxury.”

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

In one corner, Biles and Owens have added a potted plant to inject some greenery into the room, while floor-to-ceiling curtains hang over the sliding walls of glass.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026

The bar’s back patio was decked out with tea lights and potted palm plants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

In one tiny section of the main arena, at least twenty people form an assembly line behind a workstation of potted plants.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Comedian Alan Carr has lodged plans to convert a potting shed at his castle in the Scottish Borders into a cafe and estate shop.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

She created Petersham Nurseries Café, with a dirt floor, wobbly old chairs, secondhand cooking gear installed in a former potting shed, and a simple menu based on whatever was growing in the adjacent garden.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

“I would trade potting soil to a man who owned a vegan restaurant in exchange for food. You always get what you need here.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025

Zhao Xintong produced a scintillating display of potting to open up a 12-4 lead against seven-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in their World Championship semi-final.

From BBC ● May 2, 2025

So I put a big sack of potting soil in the seat and try again.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen




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