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pouch

[pouch] / paʊtʃ /
NOUN
soft container, often made of cloth or skin
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Before entering 10C, everyone’s phones are locked away in a phone pouch that can be opened only by courthouse staff.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Attendees have to put their phones and other smart devices into a pouch, which can only be opened by a magnet after the event is over.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Despite the "frightening" situation, Marley remained calm and used a mobile phone kept in a waterproof pouch to contact his nan on shore, who called 999.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

“Let’s not have him shake his head,” said Rae, as she leaned closer toward the screen displaying the vertical video feed of the father eating from a bright yellow pouch of Gushers.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

She pointed at the ravenskin pouch at Torak’s waist.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Philip Morris also said that it will transition to having 20 pouches per can for its 3mg and 6mg products during the fourth quarter, up from the 15 pouches in a typical can.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Before entering the Werner Herzog Theatre on Sunday evening, hundreds of moviegoers were required to lock their phones in pouches to prevent spreading the word.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

Kamel Chibli, vice president of the Occitanie regional council in southern France, said digital pouches and lockers used to store smartphones cost the regional authorities around 40,000 euros for a high school with 1,500 students.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

"A box of 40 cat food pouches is tangibly more than one bag of dog food - which might cost the same amount - so they tend to go for that," she added.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Some built new mounds or maintained the old; others hauled wood for fuel and houses or carried water in leather pouches or weeded the maize fields with stone hoes.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

He estimates roughly 85 CoreWeave employees have been pouched by OpenAI and Anthropic this year alone.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Brook pouched the sharp catch at second slip.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

African giant pouched rats are the largest rats in the world.

From NewsForKids.net Nov. 28, 2024

Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah was summoned and pouched a return catch off Foakes and when Shoaib Bashir was caught behind off Mukesh Kumar, Ashwin was given another shot at the milestone.

From BBC Feb. 5, 2024

He was very tall, with formidable hefty hind legs and a comical pouched face topped off by two immense ears which flopped about of their own accord.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The district has left the choreography of pouching — and policing — to the schools.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2025

Two overs later De Villiers fell in similar fashion for 40, David Warner pouching an awkward catch at point.

From BBC Nov. 11, 2012

When Castro addressed an election-eve rally on Jan. 9, all his 71 years were recorded on his face: a beard grown gray, deep bags pouching out below red-rimmed eyes, age spots dotting his forehead.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he opened his eyes and raised his head, pouching out his cheeks and sniffing at the two rabbits beside him.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

He has won many a gold ounce for his owner: I have heard of a man pouching 400_l_. in a contest between Orotava and La Laguna, which has a well-merited celebrity for these exhibitions.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton




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