flask

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Recent Examples of flask Archaeologists uncovered these jars in a variety of sizes, and noted that the smaller vessels likely functioned as perfume flasks. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025 In the vehicle procession, Maeve sips from a flask, while Kev, Bella (Lara Pulver), and Eddie argue. Matt Cabral, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2025 So in 1952 a young chemist named Stanley Miller filled a flask halfway with water, topped it with methane, ammonia and hydrogen to mimic the planet’s early atmosphere and then flung a miniature lightning bolt into that fertile soup. Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2025 The Steinbeck plaque was face up in a metal contraption called a casting flask. Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flask
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Noun
  • Across the stage, Healy consumes seven chew bars, three gels, and four and a half energy drink bottles.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 12 July 2025
  • Eerie voices seem to cry in the howling weather outside; the five figures draw close over their bottles and drams, wondering what might stand beyond the door.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • The cup involves the Current and three other teams: the NWSL’s Chicago Stars, Corinthians SC and Palmeiras, both of whom play in Brasileirão Feminino A1, the top league for Brazilian women’s soccer.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2025
  • The ear cups are wrapped in a woven cloth to give them a robust finish.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • According to the Harry Potter website, the beverage could be served warm and foaming in tankards or cold in bottles and tasted like a less-sweet butterscotch.
    Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • Force Ghosts • Raise a tankard of Weequay Pirate Brew to Michael Abels, The Acolyte’s composer.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 5 June 2024
Noun
  • Listen to this article As is the tradition in Vista during Memorial Day weekend, thousands of folks will take part in festivities at a street fair centered around strawberries, from pie eating to ice cream sundae contests and beer stein holding competitions.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • In a league full of flashy stat hunters, Rollins brings his lunch pail and just goes to work.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • For decades, our workers have swept the streets and then put the refuse in bags next to the garbage pails on street corners.
    Peter Madonia, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • Ice buckets usually get a quick rinse and wipe-down before they're set out for the next guest.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 July 2025
  • With buckets, bottles, trash cans and other kinds of containers, residents wait in the street for a water tanker to arrive.
    Ana María Cañizares, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • Drake stirred the transatlantic rap pot with a declaration that’s already causing waves this past weekend, as the Canadian claimed that U.K. rappers are the best in the world, including his American rivals.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 14 July 2025
  • Terracotta pots dry out faster than containers made of plastic.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • There will be a deep sense of pain with the void in the dressing room, in the canteen and on the team coach.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 9 July 2025
  • This is essentially a perk tree for fine-tuning aspects of the game, like making canteens easier to fill in rivers or improving a gun’s firing rate.
    Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025

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“Flask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flask. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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