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tub

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as in vat

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Recent Examples of tub At the rear of the second floor is the primary suite, which has a large walk-in closet and another beautiful bathroom featuring a six-foot soaking tub with a custom glass surround. — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026 Another family member living in the home told officers that Hunter had been in the tub since May 16, which had been the last time authorities were called there. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026 One level higher, the hot tub and heated pool buzz with young 30- and 40-somethings and families gather around the nearby fire pits to roast complimentary s’mores. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026 Available in the freezer section through August, this tub of gelato is filled with a 50/50 split of rich and nutty pistachio and traditional fior di latte, which is made with milk, cream, and sugar. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tub

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Armand tries on personalities — clingy boyfriend, conniving mastermind — and flocks to love interests like new rock star Lestat goes through vats of body glitter.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 July 2026
Catherine Roque is fermenting in concrete eggs at Mas d'Alezon, and the Cauvys at Domaine Cauvy are moving the same way, while the Vidal-Dumoulin family at Château de La Liquière is known for a gentle, low-intervention approach across some sixty parcel-by-parcel vats.

— Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

Definition of vat

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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
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

Definition of hooker

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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

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On Wednesday, June 17, the Lancaster County park's Sky Ride, an open-air gondola that transports guests across the property, stopped while guests were on board, a park spokesperson said in a statement shared with PEOPLE.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
Eight days after that, the public, displaying perhaps more hope than sense, packed into the gondolas for the ride of their lives.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 June 2026

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While a number of groups, including Tsai, have invested multiple times in PLL, Rabil said that with each funding round the group typically sought a leading role from a new banker.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 June 2026
Aymen Sifour, a banker who lives in Montreal, flew into town with his sister and parents.

— Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 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

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