shaker
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Woe betide the philistine who requests a salt shaker or asks that a meticulously prepared dish be spice-bombed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
"So he was a real mover and shaker of the movement".
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
He held up a shaker filled with salt and spices and pointed out the little holes on the shaker’s cover.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2025
Before that, I only knew the Kraft shaker bottle.
From Salon ● May 23, 2025
It still has her five-dollar bill stuck under the salt shaker, a half-empty cup of coffee, a dirty fork and an empty place mat with syrup stains.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
But each now has his own range of merch... and visitors flock for a glimpse of these meeow-vers and shakers.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
There, Chip stands in front of the cheese case for a moment, brushing past the string cheese and the Parmesan shakers before settling on a packet of American singles.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
It’s all part of an effort, observers say, for the companies to properly position themselves with the movers and shakers in town.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026
The splashy affair helped cement the reputation of the burgeoning community of about 1,000 full-time residents as a vacation retreat for Hollywood’s movers and shakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
After storing the plastic tubs beneath the counter, the man unscrews the tops to a dozen salt and pepper shakers, paying no attention to me.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
