pour
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You could patch up the car, which could make it an unreliable jalopy that breaks down — leading to you having to pour more money into fixing it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Commuters pour out of a subway station with blown-out windows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Just to watch her take something that was so difficult and pour herself into everything that went into last year was something I’ll never forget,” coach Lindsay Gottlieb said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Google, Amazon and Meta collectively plan to pour some $650bn into the technology this year.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
“Junie, please pour me some boricha if you want me to keep talking.”
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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‘Hysteria’ grips San Francisco’s housing market as AI wealth pours in.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Every significant criminal case eventually becomes a vessel into which the country pours its anxieties, fears, loyalties, and grievances.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026
The first pours of Cup of Ambition will be served at Dolly’s Tennessean Travel Stop, a new travel center opening June 24 off Exit 22 on Interstate 65 south of Nashville.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
The state pours the tax revenue back into Medicaid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The mixture is a little soft, but as Elizabeth pours the ice cream into ziplock bags, she assures me that a few hours in the freezer at home will make the texture perfect.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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Noskova immediately fell to the court as her relief poured out, with 29-year-old Muchova walking around the net to congratulate her Paris 2024 Olympics doubles partner.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Many small-business owners have poured their life’s work and wealth into their businesses, Salazar said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Investors poured in nearly $8 billion across 207 deals in the Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Santa Ana metro areas, up 28% from a year earlier, according to PitchBook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
However, when half or nearly 50% of the supporting nominees for drama are poured into “The Pitt,” that speaks of a lack of creative thinking on the part of voters more than anything else.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
The sand is never poured down the hole; the black powder and fuse sit exposed at the bottom.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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US data center construction spending has surged in recent years, with tech firms pouring tens of billions of dollars into building out infrastructure.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
For Mortimore, the most important question is whether the application layer of AI can generate enough returns to justify the enormous amounts of money pouring into the hardware layer.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Which, when you think about it, is a pretty compelling argument for not pouring that jar down the drain.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Thomas Smith, director of economic policy at the TBI, argued: "Britain's state pension system was built for a different era. We can't keep pouring money into a system that is increasingly unaffordable."
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Next he built a fire and started pouring strange, smelly powders onto the flames.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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