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Recent Examples of stoupAnd surely ye’ll be your pint-stoup!—Natalie Schumann, Country Living, 31 Dec. 2022 Explorers have discovered tiled floor, steps and in 2006, a holy water stoup was recovered.—Jim Dobson, Forbes, 16 May 2021 Thin footpaths weave past remnants of a fifth-century hut, ancient field boundaries and an eighth-century medieval chapel, still with its holy water stoup.—Kate Eshelby, CNN, 14 June 2021 Likely used between Edward and Henry’s reigns, the stoup, or basin, held holy water for monks to wash their hands in upon entering the abbey.—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Aug. 2020 The stoups were dry in churches in the weeks leading to the shelter-in-place order.—Marc Bona, cleveland, 26 Apr. 2020 Churchgoers have been asked to stop shaking hands, communal cups are in storage and holy water stoups are dry.—Fox News, 4 Mar. 2020
Force Ghosts • Raise a tankard of Weequay Pirate Brew to Michael Abels, The Acolyte’s composer.
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Noel Murray,
Vulture,
5 June 2024
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.
Food and dessert — sandwiches, avocado toast, yogurt and ice cream — range from a $3.50 for a cup of lemonade or ice cream to a $9.50 plate of avocado toast with tomatoes and cucumbers.
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Brianna Taylor,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
Like all airport lounges, Delta’s Sky Club network focuses squarely on business and first-class travelers who have things to do, places to be, and need a good cup of coffee or tea along with their peace and quiet — all scarce quantities at airports.
After all, there’s nothing worse than not being able to find your lipsticks or realizing that your foundation bottle has cracked, leaking over your new cashmere sweater.
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Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
14 Mar. 2025
For those hesitant to invest in a full bottle, the 10ml travel spray ($29) offers an affordable entry point.
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.
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Christopher F. Schuetze,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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).
To complete the Chargers’ blue-collar mentality, black lunch pails were recently dropped at every locker.
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Thuc Nhi Nguyen,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Dec. 2024
If the 12-team CFP had started earlier, which low seeds could have made a run?
'Brought his lunch pail to work': Behind Islanders rookie Isaiah George's unexpected rise
Mandel's Mailbag: Boise State 4-seed scenarios and the aftermath of Utah's Big 12 meltdown
Could Jeff Hoffman start?
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