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thermos

[thur-muhs] / ˈθɜr məs /
NOUN
canteen
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NOUN
thermos bottle
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“It brings back memories of hunkering down behind an old cottonwood drift log…drinking black coffee from a Stanley thermos and waiting for mallards to whistle by,” he mused on Facebook, where he does his campaigning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

At regular intervals, he poured himself a cup of steaming hot chai from his thermos.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026

The thermos still sells on the Stanley website for $36.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

Find a cafe that will let you bring your own thermos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

Mr. Apatan passed me an empty pump-action thermos.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

Instead of using plastic water bottles, I use reusable thermoses or, if I did use a plastic water bottle, I can reuse it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2024

If we’re dealing in clichés, these thermoses belong in the lunchbox of a guy taking a break from the assembly line or in the hands of a construction worker.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2024

It was a cool fall morning and families sat on blankets or newspapers in the grass, passing around thermoses of tea.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2022

The maker of coolers and thermoses held up better than the broader market after reporting strong first-quarter financial results.

From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022

After I replenished our strategically located sample thermoses with fresh tea, I refilled the plastic cups at each station.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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