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with a lid on



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"But I've never done an arena with a lid on it like this one before."

From BBC Mar. 23, 2025

So what I did on the juice was, I bought a really nice glass pitcher with a lid on it.

From Seattle Times Apr. 21, 2024

The "facilities" for the crew consist of a can with a lid on it, which sometimes leaks.

From BBC Dec. 9, 2015

Then a colleague observed that he was "not a baritone, but a tenor with a lid on."

From Time Magazine Archive

There were straight pipes, curved pipes, and even a pipe with a lid on it.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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