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Recent Examples of flask
Elemental mercury, considered pure at 99.99 percent, is sold in a standard flask of seventy-six pounds for around $2,500, despite a worldwide stock of about 600,000 tons.
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Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Picture a flask of vodka passed across a corpse, a pool of blood lit up by neon signs, an illicit kiss soundtracked by screams.
—Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
The 16-year-old who attacked Elbit Systems used two thermos flasks packed with explosives in an attack on the Israeli defense company and was charged alongside a 23-year-old accomplice, according to Bloomberg.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Outside food, beverage, liquid containers, alcohol, cans, bottles, flasks (hydroflasks, metal, etc.) or coolers.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Picture a flask of vodka passed across a corpse, a pool of blood lit up by neon signs, an illicit kiss soundtracked by screams.
—Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
The 16-year-old who attacked Elbit Systems used two thermos flasks packed with explosives in an attack on the Israeli defense company and was charged alongside a 23-year-old accomplice, according to Bloomberg.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Outside food, beverage, liquid containers, alcohol, cans, bottles, flasks (hydroflasks, metal, etc.) or coolers.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flask
Noun
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The rookie hero, opening beer bottles with his eye socket, pulling out his own tooth with pliers, and being stabbed by a fan in Mexico wielding a pen, made news everywhere.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Manufactured objects — plastic bottles, ballpoint pens, concrete buildings, teabags, wind turbines, cell phones, T-shirts, aluminum cans — outweigh the living world and will form distinctive, if sometimes hard to interpret, clues to our existence.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The simple act of boiling water in a new kettle will leave you with between six million and eight million microplastic particles per cup, Boland and his colleagues found.—
Marta Zaraska,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2025
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To make a bleach bath, add anywhere from a quarter to a half cup of 5-6% bleach to a tub full of warm water.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Force Ghosts • Raise a tankard of Weequay Pirate Brew to Michael Abels, The Acolyte’s composer.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
5 June 2024
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Old New York money probably chased a tankard from around 1710 that belonged to Henry Beekman, whose grandson, Robert Livingston, signed the Declaration of Independence.—
Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
27 Jan. 2024
Noun
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Expect pictures from various party headquarters, with everyone huddled around lead candidates — champagne flutes or beer steins in hand, depending on the party — waiting for those first results.—
Christopher F. Schuetze,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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The ceremonial keg tapping takes place Friday evening, and the weekend lineup includes a German chocolate cake baking contest, a stein hoisting contest, and a chicken dance competition (costumes and creativity encouraged).—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2024
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Use your hand to brush away excess soil and place the bulbs in a garden pail.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
23 Jan. 2025
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Flora swirled the mop, then tiredly rested it in the pail.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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With their All-Star captain sidelined due to a right ankle sprain, buckets have come fewer and further between.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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McCollum lives and dies with every bucket, every rebound, every bounce of the ball.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Parvati then retaliated by standing up and bending over seductively stirring an imaginary oatmeal pot for Seychelle.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Container Gardening – Community Garden Education Series: Learn how to grow vibrant flowers, fresh herbs, and tasty vegetables in pots and planters.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2025
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Free hot meals for staff at Old Trafford are coming to an end, and are to be replaced by fruit bowls, with the canteen set to close.—
Adam Crafton,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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There are handprints along the main corridor leading to the canteen in the central hub of the hospice, giving it a bright and welcoming feel.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Flask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flask. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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