ham
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Skip processed meats such as bacon, ham, or sausages.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026
Other pizzas that piqued my interest include a half-white-and-half-red sauce pizza topped with candied bacon, ham, sweet onions, fennel and basil, and a blue cheese-focused pizza topped with pears, rosemary, shallots and onions.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
Mexico also agreed to recognise hundreds of food and drink products from specific regions of the EU, such as Parma ham and Roquefort cheese.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Some in Taiwan have pivoted toward survivalism, packing go-bags, stockpiling daily essentials and learning ham radio to prepare for internet blackouts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Spread across it was a sliced ham, warm applesauce sprinkled with cinnamon, hot corn bread, and green beans.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
ChatGPT said she’d need to make two turkeys, two hams and six pies to feed all those guests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
Of course there were blankets, water bottles, clothing, masks and hygiene products, but also grab-and-go salads, squeezable snacks for kids, candy, crates of fresh vegetables, protein and grain bars, even honey-baked hams and queen-sized mattresses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
There is a pleasing calm to her delivery that stands out in a scene of fidgety hams.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
Some processed hams may contain additives, preservatives and flavor-enhancers we should limit.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2024
He was a tall man, muscular, with hands that hung like hams at his sides.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Now their AI capability, however obscure, is hammed up.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024
We don’t know if Nguyễn Phú Trọng, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, was briefed on the age discussion in advance, but he really hammed it up for the press.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2023
Janie Dee hammed up “The Boy From …” a parody of “The Girl from Ipanema.”
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2022
The event felt like a Cold War proxy battle, Green said, but instead of getting angry, he hammed it up for the audience and coaxed laughs out of crowds.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
In the ring Woody’s smile looked sly and crafty; he hammed it up.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
Twenty minutes later, they are on stage rehearsing The Happy Dictator; followed by Shaun Ryder, hamming up his part on the 2005 classic Dare!
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
During the six-week campaign, both Hipkins and Luxon have been hamming it up for the cameras, from scooping out ice cream to making pizzas.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
More than that, he seems to relish it, hamming it up as the babies reach out to touch him.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2023
At this, Musk makes a cartoon villain face, hamming it up to the host and audience.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2023
Suddenly my friends are on the screen, waving, angling for face time, hamming it up.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
