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Recent Examples of stoupAnd surely ye’ll be your pint-stoup!—Natalie Schumann, Country Living, 31 Dec. 2022 Thin footpaths weave past remnants of a fifth-century hut, ancient field boundaries and an eighth-century medieval chapel, still with its holy water stoup.—Kate Eshelby, CNN, 14 June 2021 Explorers have discovered tiled floor, steps and in 2006, a holy water stoup was recovered.—Jim Dobson, Forbes, 16 May 2021 Likely used between Edward and Henry’s reigns, the stoup, or basin, held holy water for monks to wash their hands in upon entering the abbey.—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Aug. 2020 The stoups were dry in churches in the weeks leading to the shelter-in-place order.—Marc Bona, cleveland, 26 Apr. 2020 Churchgoers have been asked to stop shaking hands, communal cups are in storage and holy water stoups are dry.—Fox News, 4 Mar. 2020
When that got a laugh, Gorsuch went on a brief tour of the drinking habits of the Founding Fathers:
John Adams took a tankard of hard cider with his breakfast every day.
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Noah Feldman,
Twin Cities,
12 Mar. 2026
John Adams drank a tankard of hard cider for breakfast.
While the pita bakes, in a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine ¾ cup unsalted butter and ¾ cup (packed) brown sugar and cook until the sugar melts and bubbles vigorously.
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Ham El-Waylly,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Apr. 2026
One of them then went to the soda machine and began filling the water cup with soda, at which point Patterson began yelling at both women.
Log Cabin maple syrup was packaged in a special Bicentennial flask.
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Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Professor Wallace’s team has slashed the need for fossil-fuel hydrogen in chemical manufacturing by developing a clever, single-flask method powered by waste bread.
Elsewhere in the room, one journalist could be seen pouring himself another glass of wine — perhaps understandable under the circumstances — and other guests apparently grabbed bottles on their way out.
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Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
For most of the past century, perfume bottles were treated as something secondary.
The dining area boasts views of Eboli’s historic center, and next to it, a compact kitchen is outfitted with a Franke sink, a Nikola Tesla induction top by Elica, a Plissé kettle by Alessi designed by Michele De Lucchi, and a Europiccola coffee machine by La Pavoni.
High-quality craftsmanship—like the common space’s dark-wood pillars, reclaimed from Rajasthan’s crumbling havelis—is paired with standout accessories within each suite (think Häfele kettles and organic toiletries smelling of neroli and ylang-ylang).