teakettle
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I went ass over teakettle, tumbling and flipping and flopping down the hill, just a ball of dust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
Dougherty’s mother has a copper teakettle that crossed the Atlantic with Finnish ancestors, and Dougherty’s son has already called dibs on the piece.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
Dazed residents shuffled through the debris of their homes desperate to recover what they could: A bag of rice here, a teakettle there.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2022
Every four years, when the Winter Olympics come around, TV viewers stop and notice men and women in funny looking pants furiously sweeping in front of what looks like a giant teakettle sliding on ice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
But to keep him quiet and get rid of him, I poured water out of the cold teakettle onto my hand and reached into the oven, placing my hand on the blur of dark hair.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
Andersen goes on, rather self-indulgently, to name-check every cultural totem from Aeron chairs and Alessi teakettles to “Mad Men,” and somewhat underplays the political significance of his own findings.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
But this coating is not appropriate for teakettles or pots that are used for cooking, because the lacquer does not stand up to hot water.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2022
She catches the details of ordinary existence in a manner that’s reminiscent of the director Mike Leigh: the peeling roof tiles, the cheap plastic teakettles, the beans on toast.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2021
Celebrated architect who created whimsical postmodern structures and later designed products for people with disabilities and household goods such as whistling Alessi teakettles and stainless steel colanders.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 15, 2015
The room felt like a museum of random ordinary objects; the walls held glass cases boasting keys, pendulums, coins, oven mitts, ropes, even teakettles, and more.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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