Americans have reared at least one generation of kids, or maybe two, to think of themselves as the last bottle of soda pop in the desert.

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And one of the methods that I have done is for some of the smaller plants is to take just, you know, your classic, you know, two-liter pop bottle.

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Pop a bottle of champagne...

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When you return to the hotel, pop your included bottle of champagne and take five in the courtyard.

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The mating song of the male has been described as beginning with a resonant rattle, continuing with a pop-like a cork being pulled from a wine bottle, followed by the pouring of a liquid out of a narrow-necked bottle and ending with the sound of knife grinding.

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Why do I habitually pop into random liquor stores to see if, on the off chance, they have my favorite rare bottle collecting dust somewhere?

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