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nugget

[nuhg-it] / ˈnʌg ɪt /


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You know what my little nugget was for John Grisham?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

"He didn't really go any further into it, he just put a seed in the back of your mind and just gave you that little nugget."

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

“That,” the Chicago Cubs’ star said, “is a cool nugget I’ll always keep with me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

It’s complete with a mashed potato “volcano” that’s oozing with gravy lava, along with dino nugget inhabitants and steamed broccoli for trees.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

He always wore gold watches, gold chains, had a gold slug in the front of his mouth, and wore a gold nugget ring on his pinky.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds

But one imagines that, somewhere between the second and third hundred, a person would pause to ask, “You sure you want 260 nuggets, hon?”

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

"Next year it'll be banning something else relatively small...until we're all just eating, you know, chicken nuggets, and we'll have no culinary heritage whatsoever."

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

He's an active little boy, he doesn't have nuggets every night, and he's eaten from a range of food groups through the day.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Recent trends pairing caviar with chicken nuggets and hot dogs had already created something of an identity crisis for the snooty food.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

It was eating something off the path, and for a second, Hazel had the crazy impression it was munching orie of the gold nuggets that always appeared in her wake.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan


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