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hard-boiled

[hahrd-boild] / ˈhɑrdˈbɔɪld /


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Perhaps you’ve heard of “car-cuterie”—a spread of cheeses, salumi, fresh fruit and hard-boiled eggs assembled entirely from convenience store shelves.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

Clutton-Brock has joked that his most important discovery was meerkats’ fondness for hard-boiled egg.

From Slate May 10, 2026

Start with fully hard-boiled eggs: whites set, yolks cooked through but still tender.

From Salon Apr. 14, 2026

They added that while historically, visitors "turned up with hard-boiled eggs, more recently these are often switched for chocolate eggs to be rolled down the hill".

From BBC Mar. 31, 2026

His eyes looked as big and startled as two hard-boiled eggs.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden




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