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Recent Examples of tub
Prices vary, but a tub of tallow balm at Target costs about $15 more than a tub of petroleum jelly.
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Aya Diab, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
The Oregon Zoo’s official TikTok account posted footage of a bear swishing around in a tub filled with ice and water, rolling on his back and kicking his feet before shaking water off.
—Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
So while a splashing polar bear in an oversized tub may look like pure joy, the work happening behind the scenes at the Oregon Zoo carries weight far beyond a viral video.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
The two then got in the tub together while still wearing their swimsuits, Chrysanthou said, the outlets reported.
—Adam England, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
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Aya Diab, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
The Oregon Zoo’s official TikTok account posted footage of a bear swishing around in a tub filled with ice and water, rolling on his back and kicking his feet before shaking water off.
—Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
So while a splashing polar bear in an oversized tub may look like pure joy, the work happening behind the scenes at the Oregon Zoo carries weight far beyond a viral video.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
The two then got in the tub together while still wearing their swimsuits, Chrysanthou said, the outlets reported.
—Adam England, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tub
Noun
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Send yourself a vat of Goof Off to remove paint from your living room and the memory of paying for the subscription.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2026
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These chips melt in extreme heat, glitch in high radiation, and corrode in harsh chemical vats.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Apr. 2026
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Bemis, sold by her family in China and sent to America, worked as a domestic, not as a hooker.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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The trope of the hooker-in-the-dumpster is as old as TV itself.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2026
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Solar panels also were added to the park in 2017 and 2018, and a cistern was installed to collect water from the splash pad, which was repurposed for the irrigation of the sports fields.—
Cam'ron Hardy,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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The park has a full-size soccer field, a sunken basketball court that doubles as a reservoir, a long wooden walkway raised above plantings and tall grasses, a community pavilion, a café, and a fifty-thousand-gallon cistern that captures rain for irrigation.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Explore by foot, or cruise down the water in a swan boat or a Venetian-style gondola.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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That afternoon, the gondola will be open to Idaho Springs residents only.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2026
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This popular Spanish-inspired dish was served in cockleshells so reminiscent the Galicia region of Spain’s cathedral city of Santiago de Compostela.—
Jane Napier Neely,
La Cañada Valley Sun,
24 Apr. 2017
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The Oyster Bay home was completed in 1915 for banker Sterling Postley and designed by Hoppin & Koen in a traditional English manor style.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
24 Apr. 2026
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Josh Kushner, 40, is a former Goldman Sachs banker and son of real-estate developer Charles Kushner.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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One day later, another incident occurred in the evening involving a whaleboat that caught fire and capsized near the province’s Lukolela territory, AP, Al Jazeera and Sky News said, citing Congo’s humanitarian affairs ministry.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
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And since each ship carried three to five whaleboats, the amount of rope needed just to conduct whaling operations on one whaleship was as much as ten thousand feet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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Earlier in the war, American forces struck air defenses, a radar site, an airport and a hovercraft base there, according to satellite analysis by the Institute for the Study of War and the American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Instead of a hovercraft, crews had to use a sled, and safety teams were on standby due to unstable conditions.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Tub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tub. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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