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curry

[kur-ee, kuhr-ee] / ˈkɜr i, ˈkʌr i /
NOUN
food seasoning
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VERB
prepare
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Sources told NBC News that Combs paid inmates to clean and cook special meals for him, including curry chicken, pizza and empanadas, and that the hip-hop and R&B music producer also receives Chinese-style massages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Mia's first recipe is a chickpea curry: "It's very cheap and very nutritious," she says.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

People in prison confess to crimes, regardless of innocence, for any manner of reasons: because they are coerced, because their memories are unclear, to curry favor, for attention.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

While many curry houses remain, the street and the surrounding neighbourhood is transforming, in part to help power the capital's digital infrastructure boom.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Heaven help the poor kid who had to go in there, muck the floor, and curry the horse.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

A treat for anyone who loves a little wordplay: Can you think of an 11-letter phrase that describes some curries or romances?

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

Smoky, charcoal-grilled meats and fragrant wok-cooked tomato curries sizzling over an open flame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Lamb is often Muslim consumers' meat of choice for family occasions and festivals like Ramadan and Eid, while mutton is a popular ingredient in curries and stews.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

Growing up, my mother would make a simple salad of sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, and lemons, drizzled with salt, served alongside homemade curries, spiced rice and steamed fish fillets wrapped in banana leaf parcels.

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026

Rice, lots of different curries, dal, kebab, poori, paratha, samosa, mango pickle, gulab jamun, and rasmalai.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani

"For the next week we just had tuna every day, it was a bit like Forrest Gump and the shrimp, we had curried tuna, fried tuna, battered tuna, beer-battered tuna, raw tuna."

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

He curried favor in Abu Dhabi by backing a local tech incubator and building personal ties to the royals via a circle of well-connected friends on the city’s luxurious Saadiyat island.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

There are also the moderation bots, which, as I’ve reported, have curried some backlash for allegedly overaggressive policing of comments about controversial celebrities like Elon Musk and Luigi Mangione.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2025

“We can’t get Caribbean food this good where we live,” said Richard Harris, a regular seated before a tray of curried mutton.

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2024

When she got home late in the evening, she brought with her curried leftovers, mangoes and other Indian food.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

Rodriguez has sought to frame her interim government as more permissive of political dissent while currying favour with the US.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Gianni Infantino has spent years currying favor with President Trump to ensure the smooth running of the tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

He added, “How can it not be equated with currying favor or an outright bribe? How can that not be the case?”

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026

He first fought with the invading Japanese to oust Britain, before swapping sides as the tide of war changed and currying favour with London for the cause of independence.

From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025

It outraged him that the people who got credit for higher understanding were those who spent the most time currying favor with the media.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis


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