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pot

[pot] / pɒt /


NOUN
marijuana
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The Super Bowl is perennially the most watched TV event of the year, bringing in a huge pot of revenue for the media company holding the rights.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Not the exact recipe, but the form: toast, pasta, a frittata, a rice bowl, a substantial salad, perhaps a pot of soup or stew.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

It worked to pare down menus and offer dinner deals, and rolled out items like slow-braised pot roast and hash-brown casserole shepherd’s pie.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

The single person, or the lone vegetarian in a house full of carnivores, might not eat a whole pot of soup in one sitting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

“I’ll just tell them that we’re looking for a pot of gold,” Papa said.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Cubans who once feared government reprisals now criticize the country's leaders and have taken to banging pots and pans in regular nighttime protests.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

They also divide money into different pots, including savings and smaller funds for predictable spending like haircuts.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

She noted that one elder from Kwaaymii Laguna Band of Indians responded with concerns about mud pots and other resources in the area, but it was more than five months after the consultation period closed.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Demonstrators burn trash in the streets and bang pots and pans.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

I gladly—very gladly—help load bedding, tents, pots, and pans onto the longboat to be taken ashore.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

One such element she shared in her posts is a large brown boucle and wood chair that sits atop a beige rug, alongside a large potted plant.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

And it also shined a spotlight on Gabbard’s effectiveness in her position, since she basically serves the function of a potted plant.

From Salon Mar. 22, 2026

Resting on a table behind him are a potted flower and the Grammy Award that Megadeth won in 2017 for metal performance for the title track from the 2016 album “Dystopia.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 2026

There were no potted histories, no schematic definition of concepts, no leading questions to wake up sleepy students.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

There’s a potted plant on the desk, a pen-holder set, papers.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Depending on what they learn, the fix for future planting projects could be as simple as mixing a bit of native earth into the potting soil where the Joshua tree seedlings are grown.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

In the penultimate frame of the match, O'Sullivan looked on course for a maximum 147 break, potting nine reds and eight blacks, before opting to go for a blue in a break of 113.

From BBC Apr. 22, 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

But Mrs Bayley points out that the process is remarkably similar to what amateur gardeners do in a potting shed, taking a cutting from a much-loved rose to grow another.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2025

We are still waiting for the potting soil, so Dell and I carry the three machines up to #28 and right away I start to take them apart.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan




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