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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of jug
Noun
The majority of consumers (62 percent) surveyed believe that microplastics mainly originate from the degradation of larger macroplastics—like water bottles and milk jugs— breaking down into small particles. Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 16 Oct. 2025 Other seasonal activities offered at the farm include a wagon ride to a pick-your-own pumpkin patch and an 80-foot slide made of recycled milk jugs. Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
The key to jugging's success is surprise and timing. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2025 Sure, jugging a mom-and-coach role isn’t always smooth. Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jug
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jug
Noun
  • Yamamoto is also the first pitcher since Curt Schilling to throw consecutive complete games in a postseason.
    Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • While Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a one-run complete game in a historic outing for Los Angeles at the Rogers Centre, all eyes were on superstar Shohei Ohtani after he was booed and taunted by the Toronto crowd in Game 1.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Starting in the 1880s, the city and county each built a series of increasingly spacious jails—and then proceeded to fill them well above capacity each winter.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Grayson has been held in the Macon County jail ahead of his trial.
    Deena Zaru, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Someone occasionally passed out and had to be carried to his room; others drank on the patio where there was camaraderie but no close friendships because their primary interactions were with their bottles.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Add these ingredients into a spray bottle to spray on the tile.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Portlaoise Prison, which is in the center of Ireland, is a nineteenth-century penitentiary built like a fortress—a one-star establishment, at best.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • If found guilty of a level 5 felony, Sanchez could be imprisoned anywhere from one to six years at an Indiana penitentiary and fined up to $10,000, according to the Indiana Code.
    Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been imprisoned on Bali since 2012.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The recipient was the dissident theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who had been imprisoned several months earlier, on account of his opposition to the Nazi regime.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And the person who poured the beverage is revealed to be someone disguised in a giant Dunkin’ cup.
    Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • That’ll be a lot for chiliheads to sample, but a portion of the proceeds from each tasting kit purchased ($15 for eight sample cups) always supports a local cause.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Regarding the lack of disciplinary records documenting policy violations, Payne placed blame on prison staff for failure to write Holt up for disciplinary violations.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In August 2024, Lorincz was convicted on the manslaughter charge, and in November, a judge sentenced her to 25 years in prison.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After helping one of the Dutchmen lug a keg of liquor to the game, Rip drinks several flagons, passes out, and wakes up two decades later.
    John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • No detail was overlooked — down to the drink’s flagon.
    Violet Goldstone, WWD, 12 Sep. 2024

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“Jug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jug. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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