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• Screens atop the key started to pop open space near the rim.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 1 Mar. 2023
• Then turn the Clam Key 90 degrees—like a key, get it?—and watch the shell pop open.
  — Jessica Kelly, Bon Appétit, 3 Aug. 2021
• Anyone can pop open a tin of caviar and serve it on ice.
  — New York Times, 12 Oct. 2021
• The team was also intrigued by how fast the legs could pop open.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 28 July 2022
• Time to pop open a big wave and drive it down the fairway to celebrate!
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
• So crank the tunes, pop open a bottle of vino, and marinate in the swirling, dervish of chaos.
  — Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2022
• Some of them pop open cans of Bud Light once comfortably sprawled in their seat.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 4 July 2023
• Sometimes those of us with a truck would pop open the bed and use it as a make-shift table to hold the massive spread.
  — Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2021
• Here, a wine guide to sparkling wines beyond Champagne to pop open and enjoy.
  — Samantha Leal, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2023
• Tiny heads would emerge, and mouths would pop open as chicks demanded food.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2022
• Hopkin: That person was able to pop open the top after just a couple of twists.
  — Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2022
• Place mussels in a grill basket, close lid, and grill until the shells pop open (4 to 6 minutes).
  — Matthew Kadey, Outside Online, 18 Aug. 2022
• These pop open in seconds and neatly store in the carrying case.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 8 Apr. 2021
• Cook over medium heat until the berries pop open, about 10 minutes.
  — Sharon Kennedy Wynne, Hartford Courant, 15 Nov. 2022
• Just finish your coffee, pop open the doors, and fly off down the road, 93 million miles away from the sun, a V-8 underfoot, and not a care in the world.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2022
• The 25 guys would just pop open the doors, leave the car running, and load up on an Alamo shuttle for the same weird ballet 30 minutes later.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 5 Sep. 2021
• Then, with a quick press of one button, the outlets pop open to expose another pair of plugs.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 17 June 2021
• Multiple screen doors help, as do interior roof vents that pop open on the top or sides of the tent.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 4 Sep. 2020
• And if your car has a roof rack, get even higher off the ground with Front Runner’s rooftop tent, which is a cinch to pop open and provides enough space for two.
  — Lauren Matison, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2022
• My primary issue is that the accordion-style grip is hard to pop open with just one hand.
  — Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2022
• But these moments are more than redeemed by the atavistic pleasure of seeing a round cleanly pop open along the grain.
  — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 1 Mar. 2021
• Camshafts pop open valves more precisely and more deeply to improve breathing.
  — Mark Ewing, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• Stallworth was under pressure, moved to his right and waited for Stokes to pop open before hitting him in the end zone.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 12 Nov. 2022
• But sure enough, the folks at Churchill Downs managed to pop open the starting gate for 15 horses on Sept. 5, after a four-month postponement.
  — Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2020
• David Parker notes, too, that everyone should have a very 2021 excuse to pop open a bottle.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2021
• If that’s the case, pop open tins of briny anchovies, sardines or mussels for an effortless way to make it to seven fishes.
  — Dan Pelosi, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• This was the variety of turbulence that makes people gasp and clutch their armrests, that threatens to pop open the overhead bins.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2023
• That can make the door difficult to close properly so that, as the car is driven, the door can unexpectedly pop open.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 12 June 2020
• Along with almost every major celebration comes a call to pop open the bubbly.
  — Rachel King, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2020
• It’s never been easier pop open a bottle of vino with this automatic wine opener, which pulls out the cork at the touch of a button.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jul 2024