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as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
some no-good fellow who had spent most of his life in and out of the county jug
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as in pitcher
a handled container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or a spout
put a jug of milk on the table
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as in to jail
to put in or as if in prison
the luckless crooks got jugged before they knew what hit them
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Recent Examples of jug
Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2022
The basket-weave soles are grippy and hug wet pavement as closely as a bear with a jug of honey.
—Matt Jancer, WIRED, 12 Nov. 2022
Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2025
Bank jugging occurs when suspects watch ATMs and banks and then follow people who withdraw cash to other places and then try to rob them.
—Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 13 May 2024
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Noun
The classics are all there: portafilters, a tamper, a milk steamer and a milk jug.
—Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2022
The basket-weave soles are grippy and hug wet pavement as closely as a bear with a jug of honey.
—Matt Jancer, WIRED, 12 Nov. 2022
Verb
Sure, jugging a mom-and-coach role isn’t always smooth.
—Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2025
Bank jugging occurs when suspects watch ATMs and banks and then follow people who withdraw cash to other places and then try to rob them.
—Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 13 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jug
Noun
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Seven inmates are still at large on May 19 after escaping from a New Orleans jail through a hole behind a toilet.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Boyd and Price were also in jail on serious charges.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Winter Springs upped its lead to 3-0 in the third after Maldonado singled with one out, and winning pitcher Tiffany Seemann singled behind her.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 May 2025
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They were supposed to be able to find ways to beat good pitchers.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Stroud was one of several notorious men who have called the Leavenworth penitentiary home.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
6 May 2025
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Although best known for its 29 years as a federal penitentiary, the island of Alcatraz was also a military fort, used by the army during the Civil War to protect San Francisco from Confederate raiders.—
Louise McLoughlin,
CNN Money,
5 May 2025
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In the indictment against Combs filed in September 2024, prosecutors alleged that federal authorities found 1,000 bottles of baby oil after raiding the mogul's homes, though his attorney disputed the number.—
Elizabeth Rosner,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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In 2024, American consumers imported 26.9 million bottles of Champagne, making the U.S. the world's largest Champagne export market.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
13 May 2025
Verb
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Mujica was imprisoned for thirteen years, much of it in a solitary underground cell—an experience that nearly drove him mad.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
16 May 2025
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On the other hand is what some might consider a fate worse than death, of living imprisoned in a body entirely without choice, without freedom.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2025
Noun
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In June 2024, three people were sentenced to eight months in prison after being found guilty of racially abusing Vinicius Jr in that May 2023 match at Valencia.—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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In that case, Douglas was sentenced to five years of probation and had his 2-year prison sentence stayed, court documents say.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2025
Noun
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The drink gained nationwide popularity in December 2021 when singer Olivia Rodrigo posted a picture of herself holding a Swig cup on Instagram.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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One of our last photos of him was taken inside that diner, grinning at us over an orange coffee cup.—
Gwen Rockwood,
Arkansas Online,
15 May 2025
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Inside was changa, DMT powder and vape pens, ketamine, LSD, MDMA, and mushrooms.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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In the living room her blankets made a body-nest on the sofa, layered with old tissues and legal pads scrawled with poems and open pens bleeding ink stains.—
Nicole Stanton,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2025
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“Jug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jug. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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