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Recent Examples of cruseFor Jews, the Maccabees' story and the legend of the single cruse of oil burning eight days signals the possibility that a dedicated few, inspired by faith in their purpose, can reshape history.—Joshua M. Davidson, CNN, 28 Nov. 2021
The port also saw severe space constraints due to the extended Eid al-Adha holiday in early June, which slowed vessel operations at two terminals due to time consuming cargo unloading.
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Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
14 July 2025
The creatures face threats from vessel strikes, entanglements in fishing gear and food shortages.
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Brendan Rascius
July 14,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
He was dismayed to discover that an awful lot of the job involved moving beakers from one table to another.
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William Baldwin,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
The refining process is simple distillation but with a lot of unnecessary pouring from one beaker to another to another ... all under a carport atop a gravel driveway in the backyard of his house.
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