You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.

Jen caught her son stealing from her purse and from a store, but she knew stealing from the _ would hurt his future more.
store

John was sad the robber snatched away his bag even though he failed with his watch because the _ is strong.
watch

The sand was filtered using the sift instead of the machine because the _ was simple to use.

sift