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porridge

[pawr-ij, por-] / ˈpɔr ɪdʒ, ˈpɒr- /


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"The recent hiring trend has settled into that not-too-hot, not-too-cold Goldilocks porridge zone of roughly 40,000 to 60,000 jobs a month," wrote Stephen Innes at SPI Asset Management.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Mygal makes her a bowl of semolina porridge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The cream uses the traditional mix of ricotta, mascarpone and sugar but he blended in porridge, sieved it and added some ground toasted oats.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

He said salted porridge had shaped his life, thanks to his Scottish granny and his Dad, who was born on the Isle of Jura and raised in Greenock.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

I remembered Ma groaning Give me strength as Toby turned up his nose at anything but lumpy porridge.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

As well as more obviously unhealthy foods, the ban will also cover some breakfast cereals and porridges, sweetened bread products, and main meals and sandwiches.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

Hygiene products like wet wipes, gels, soaps, toothpastes and porridges are also flying off the shelves in Poland, according to drugstore chain Rossmann.

From Reuters ● Mar. 16, 2022

Historically, whatever was ripe and ready was hailed in many forms: in soups and stews such as afang soup, and in porridges such as asaro and ubek, to name just a few.

From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2021

Because polenta and grits are both cornmeal porridges, it seemed a fun and tasty way to take the Italian-Southern food connection a bit further.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2019

Mama was always cooking up nourishing broths and porridges for forgotten old men and pale young mothers—on days, that is, when she herself was strong enough to stand at the stove.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom


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