pot on
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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The tension appeared to get to O'Sullivan in the final frame of the session when he punched the table in frustration, having missed a pot on a red.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
A pot on the stove unites while the world outside freezes.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
“They saw it when the jam was just a pot on the stove, bubbling,” she says of how Archie, 6, and Lili have watched the evolution of As Ever.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025
The conversation ends, he puts the coffee pot on, the phone rings again: It’s Sontag.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Ugwu walked away from the door and stared at the pot on the stove.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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