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lard

[lahrd] / lɑrd /
NOUN
fat
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In many cases, those diets derived 60% of calories from lard, which does not accurately reflect typical human eating habits and makes it difficult to determine the effects of individual fatty acids.

From Science Daily Jun. 2, 2026

"We just put lard on them and it takes off. I'm laughing, but it's how it is," he told AFP during a visit of the company factory.

From Barron's Feb. 16, 2026

It is the job of the sports columnist to be ridiculous, to lard on sweaty superlatives and routinely declare the regrettable, but once in a while, we get it right.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 23, 2025

For some, a pie’s identity lies in the crust: flaky and tender, pressed lovingly into the pan with fingertips or rolled smooth with butter, oil or lard.

From Salon Jun. 19, 2025

I snatched them up and deposited them in a nearby empty lard bucket.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

He lards on the praise for the president’s political skills.

From The Guardian Jul. 12, 2018

Chazelle lards his script with little digs at showbiz jargon.

From Washington Post Dec. 15, 2016

With a creator, Vladan Nikolic, who bills himself as “Experiment Supervisor” and lards the screen with denials of responsibility should you be harmed by “illegal material” and stroboscopic lighting, “Zenith” comes across as oppressively gimmicky.

From New York Times Jan. 18, 2011

It lards on production details and tosses in a lead whose delivery feels more bro than bard.

From Time Nov. 29, 2

Feed brawns, bacons, lards, and porkets on mast if there is any, if not on corn.

From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)

My college applications—each in its bulky envelope, larded with paper clips, staples and whiteout—had to be postmarked by noon.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

In 1988, Icahn took TWA private, in a deal that brought him more than $400 million in profit but left the airline larded with $540 million in new debt, bringing its total to $4 billion.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2025

Until the “useless” headline sparked outrage, nobody at MSN seemed to realize that their news page was larded with gobbledygook.

From Scientific American Sep. 28, 2023

One, a professed vegan, even allows Carl to feed her lamb larded in cheese fondue, with predictably unpalatable results.

From New York Times Apr. 6, 2023

And he bought a round red lacquered comfit dish with a cover, and in this he put sesame cakes and larded sweets and he put the box on the table.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

And larding it with grievances, à la Mr. David in “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

The safety board completed its investigation without saying what caused the hard larding.

From Seattle Times Aug. 8, 2022

The Times, ever devoted to its vision of L.A.’s plummy future, wrote pages and pages about real estate, larding its stories with words like “stately mansion” and “palatial dwelling.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 2022

As a result, he argues, underwriting standards deteriorated drastically and Fannie and Freddie started larding up their balance sheets with subprime mortgages.

From New York Times Mar. 11, 2015

And so I gave my approval to his first run for office, larding it with a bit of wifely caution.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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