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Recent Examples of widemouthed
With a fairly small amount of surface area, the drink keeps its carbonation longer than wide-mouthed glasses.
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Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 May 2026
Check out the wide-mouthed scream unleashed by the Lakers’ Luke Kennard midway through the fourth quarter.
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Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
The wide-mouthed container is designed for easy application, plus this butter soothes and moisturizes other dry skin areas like lips, cuticles, and feet.
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Pamela Brill,
Parents,
7 Apr. 2026
Gently add gravel to a shallow, clear dish or wide-mouthed canning jar.
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Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
13 Dec. 2025
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 May 2026
Check out the wide-mouthed scream unleashed by the Lakers’ Luke Kennard midway through the fourth quarter.
—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
The wide-mouthed container is designed for easy application, plus this butter soothes and moisturizes other dry skin areas like lips, cuticles, and feet.
—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
7 Apr. 2026
Gently add gravel to a shallow, clear dish or wide-mouthed canning jar.
—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
13 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for widemouthed
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At the risk of sounding less like a columnist and more like a bewildered bystander … what the heck happened?
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Urged by a call from Hugo to destroy her phone and flee Kansas City fast, before WARDEX can get to her, Margaret also hits the road, accompanied initially by a bewildered Jackson.
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Humans of all ages, in fact, stare dazed into glowing screens.
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Rapkin, truth be told, looked a little dazed.
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There are scenic chairlift rides, an auto toll road to the top of Vermont’s highest peak, a fantastic recreation trail, hiking right out the door, and an awesome town with every activity imaginable, all kinds of great food and eclectic shopping.
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Hannes Steinbach, big, 6-10, Washington Steinbach is an elite rebounder with awesome hands and led the Big Ten in both defensive rebound rate and total rebound rate as a freshman.
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Simmons, who would miss the induction ceremony due to an undisclosed family emergency (the band’s representative affirmed all is well), was also equal parts honored and awed.
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With every contribution from Messi, that sense of awed reverence from the crowd increased.
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All the more reason for this eternally wide-eyed extra-terrestrial empath to take it.
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Since breaking out as a wide-eyed teenager on the CBS daytime soap Guiding Light and the NBC period family drama American Dreams over two decades ago, Snow has made a career out of playing women whose beauty belies the storm of emotions brewing beneath the surface.
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All around her, open-mouthed viewers turned to face the Artist.
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Played by a Colman Domingo who is done up to look the most wax figurine of them all in a shellacking of makeup, prosthetics, and colored contacts, Joe is always either giving an avaricious open-mouthed leer or a cold-eyed glare.
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Cape Verde secured its draw despite being overwhelmed at times by Spain’s attacking play.
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Assuming Emergency Services Are Available People often mistakenly assume that 911 will be readily available and not overwhelmed during a major event.
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Delegates from the smaller states in particular were aghast at this latter proposal.
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Anna, her hauteur hardening like a protective shell, is aghast.
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“Widemouthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widemouthed. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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