flask

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Recent Examples of flask About an hour into the film, fans catch a glimpse of the background on Happy’s phone (which doubles as a flask). Emily Blackwood, People.com, 31 July 2025 Then Gilmore flamed out, lost everything, and became a dedicated boozer, making flasks out of everything from cucumbers to cuckoo clocks. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2025 Happy is miserable, drunk, broke, and working at the local Stop and Shop, where his daily grind is only broken up by taking nips from increasingly insane flasks (a cucumber, a TV remote, and many more). Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 25 July 2025 Maybe the alcohol began with little flasks in her bag. Constance Debré, Harpers Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flask
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flask
Noun
  • Sip a bottle of txakoli before lunch while enjoying the tranquil views and birdsong.
    Michelle Arellano Martin, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
  • That’s great news for collectors, many of whom count this Third Growth Margaux among their favorite bottles.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In one study, one or two additional cups of coffee daily doubled the risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attack, or stroke in coffee drinkers with stage 2 and 3 hypertension.
    Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The chain is also set to debut its latest holiday cup designs for both hot and cold beverages, which are intended to evoke warmth, tradition, and togetherness.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Participants can take part in the town’s stein hoisting contest to see who can hold a full tankard of beer the longest.
    Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Mockrin references the tankard by painting the Sabine women in a color palette mimicking marble statuary or ivory carvings.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Humans can enter a stein-holding contest, while canines can compete in a pup cup-holding challenge.
    Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The popular beer-stein holding contests — with divisions for both men and women — will be back, and there’ll also be a contest to see who wears the best dirndl and lederhosen.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Don't be the house that supplies the candy everyone hates and leaves at the bottom of their pail.
    Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • But families attend this event mainly for the festive atmosphere, so don’t go expecting to fill up your Halloween pail.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But with the Total Portfolio Approach, CalPERS managers across assets will work together to determine which bucket should receive more of the fund’s money to produce better returns.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Miami’s energetic style of scoring buckets this season has proven infectious, evidenced by its seven double-digit scorers.
    James Jackson, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Protect With Mulch Whether in the ground or in a pot, insulate a rosemary plant with a 3- to 6-inch layer of mulch.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2025
  • With each pot, cast iron skillet, and cooking utensil, Gilmore exemplified this longstanding tradition in Black life, negotiating her identity in America and resisting the ills of racial segregation that pervaded nearly every aspect of her community.
    Time, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Punishment for her infractions involved the loss of visitation, canteen and telephone privileges.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Mind you, the entire infantry kit in those days didn't go far beyond a rifle, bayonet, canteen, mess tins, and an entrenching tool balanced with the odd hand grenade.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025

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“Flask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flask. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.

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