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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
Silicone styles like the ones from Loulou Lollipop do a standup job of catching rogue crumbs and food in their wide-mouthed pouches.
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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
Silicone styles like the ones from Loulou Lollipop do a standup job of catching rogue crumbs and food in their wide-mouthed pouches.
—
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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Fido was fine, if a little bewildered, and in February 1973, the board lifted its book bans.
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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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Like Mahrez, Austria’s Marcel Sabitzer seemed slightly dazed following the topsy-turvy turn of events.
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Humans of all ages, in fact, stare dazed into glowing screens.
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My colleague Erik Tice at the Dink (who does double duty as the GM for the California Black Bears) is back to maintaining his Public MLP Data sheet, which has all sorts of awesome data.
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Brady joins bro Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Bennett, Brad Marchand, Sam Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe and of course the return of Aleksander Barkov to lead what should be an awesome offense.
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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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As wide-eyed tourists take photos, a team from Niceville, DeFuniak Springs, and Fort Walton Beach load four coolers full of lionfish off their boat, dumping a mess of black, red, and white bodies onto a table.
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All the more reason for this eternally wide-eyed extra-terrestrial empath to take it.
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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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Eight days after Venezuela’s earthquakes, black smoke, mass graves and overwhelmed rescuers define La Guaira, even as the dramatic rescue of a man buried nearly a week offers fleeting hope.
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When movement is restricted, when stress accumulates, when sleep is neglected, when nourishment is poor, and when our nervous system is overwhelmed, imbalance begins to appear.
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Social media videos show drivers aghast at the lines or swearing at empty gas pumps and rising prices.
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When the Boulder County commissioners initiated a study to determine whether mountain bikes should be prohibited on select days and specific trails at two open space parks, the county’s legion of trailriders was aghast.
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“Widemouthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widemouthed. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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