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Recent Examples of cruse
For 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.
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Joshua M. Davidson, CNN, 28 Nov. 2021
Joshua M. Davidson, CNN, 28 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cruse
Noun
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Its fleet currently includes two vessels, its flagship Ultramarine and Ocean Explorer, with a third, World Voyager, scheduled to join in 2027.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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Jose Hernan Flores, former captain of the fishing vessel Negra Francisca Duarte II, poses for a portrait with his wife, Nathaly Barcia, 25, who is five months pregnant, inside their home Sunday, June 7, 2026 in San Mateo, Ecuador.—
Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
Noun
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Since then, the experiment has consisted of waiting for drops of pitch to fall from the funnel into a beaker below.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
9 June 2026
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But in shaking up the beaker, the chemistry never aligned.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
4 May 2026
Noun
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There’s a lot more to it than steaming silver kettles and cucumber sandwiches with the crusts cut off — the ritual can get quite complicated.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
8 Dec. 2025
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There’s even tea kettles and loose leaf tea for sale, and everything looks like it’s made for a garden party.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Dec. 2025
Noun
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His eyes had rested on a flimsy plastic cup that had been abandoned on the sink, holding ragged lime slices and a slush of ice that was causing little beads of condensation to form on its sides.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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And the Clay problem demands blowup in an infinite fluid—less a cup of coffee, more a boundless sea.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
11 June 2026
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“Cruse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cruse. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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