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tub

noun

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as in vat

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Recent Examples of tub The convenience of a tub of pre-sliced melon or a bag of shredded carrots isn't worth giving up control over how your food is handled, Marler says. — Angela Haupt, Time, 23 July 2026 After a long day on the mountain, steal away to the soaking tub in one of the guest bathrooms to melt your stress (and muscle aches) away. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 23 July 2026 The removable snack basket and drink tub ended up being one of my favorite features. — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026 Occupying its own wing, the primary retreat boasts a fireplace, a sitting area, and a luxe bath equipped with a deep soaking tub, a steam shower, dual walk-in closets, and a nearby art room. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tub

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In a conventional fission reactor, a uranium fuel rods are submerged inside a large vat of water.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
Come for all the doggie high jinks – thanks to a ton of animatronic animals and a John Hughes screenplay – and stay for Close getting dunked in a vat of molasses.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Definition of vat

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Skipper and scrumhalf Lucu darted over after a strong run into contact from his hooker Lamothe and touched down on the half-hour to score France’s fourth try, securing a bonus competition point.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
This kind of inclusivity would explain Glenn Close‘s appearance — as a visiting literary scholar — at just the right moment, as well as Penélope Cruz’s showstopping cameo as Nené, a singer-slash-hooker who schools Sebastián on the then-nascent form of the modern transgender movement.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 May 2026

Definition of hooker

Noun

In both Wilde’s play and Strauss’s opera, Salome is obsessed with Jokanaan (John the Baptist), who is being held as a political prisoner in a cistern, his disembodied voice floating around the stage.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
The find included six large rooms, including one almost 1,000 square feet in area, and the remains of olive oil production equipment, channels for funneling the oil into collection basins, a cistern for storing the oil, and pieces of ceramic vessels.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026

Definition of cistern

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The impact could be similar to assigning a personal banker to each retail client without adding FTEs.

— Michael Abbott, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Gani is a banker and freelance journalist who is a correspondent for the X page ARG Soccer News, which has been responsible for posting videos capturing the mood in Bangladesh during this World Cup, such as the one below.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of banker

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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
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

Definition of whaleboat

Noun

An array of pillars, permanent marks, the imposing Napoleonic-era Spitbank Fort, as well as the comings-and-goings of ferries and even the hovercraft going back and forth between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 July 2026
The hovercraft tragedy underscores the rapidly changing weather conditions, dangerous waves and strong winds associated with Lake Baikal, reports indicated.

— Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2026

Definition of hovercraft

Noun

Take a day trip to the island of Moni, via a 10-minute water taxi from the fishing village of Perdika.

— Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 3 July 2026
The drama starts on the water taxi when Gen immediately sets out to mark her territory by asking Luke to sit next to her instead of Joy.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 June 2026

Definition of water taxi

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