Maybe she ordered too many, or misforecast and picked wrong colors, or woke up to find that trend she hopped on changed overnight and she's stuck with an order that won't sell anywhere at any price.

A persistent fear worried the Jews of the early Diasporas and of Hellenistic times: the fear that a child of theirs might grow up to be an am-haaretz—a peasant, ignorant of Torah; or, even worse, an apikoros—a sophisticated unbeliever who abandons Jewish faith to indulge in rationalistic speculation about the meaning of existence.

He shouldered his way inside, filthying his T-shirt on the charred wood.

I forgot about the rice and it boiled over.