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saucy

[saw-see] / ˈsɔ si /


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Meal one: Something saucy, a little elegant Early in the week, I like to lean into moisture — something that coaxes the chicken back to life in a way that feels intentional, not remedial.

From Salon Apr. 26, 2026

I think of it like a little flavor orchestra: saucy, cheesy, meaty, tangy, fresh.

From Salon Sep. 16, 2025

After graduating in 2011, he debuted the Ooo-We! sauce, a “sweet, spicy, saucy glaze” that he said pairs well with everything from eggs to pork tenderloin.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2025

Lola Young, “Messy” From the nation — not to mention the performing arts academy — that brought you “Rehab” comes another instant classic of saucy throwback soul.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2025

In the decades that followed, extensive excavations revealed to increasingly intrigued eighteenth-century Europeans how sophisticated - and, to their consternation, how saucy - their ancient ancestors had been.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Green has a toothier texture and fresher flavor; red is saucier with dusky, earthen undertones.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

It is launching improvements to its burgers including softer buns that are toasted and saucier Big Macs.

From Reuters Apr. 25, 2023

Here, you'll find traditional methods for cooking risotto in a large skillet or saucier, as well as a modern-day technique, which calls for cooking risotto in an Instant Pot.

From Salon Jan. 29, 2022

And he has also put his stamp on some shapes like a wide, two-handled rondeau and a saucier, new to Hestan’s inventory.

From New York Times Jan. 10, 2022

Never had a southern sky been more blue, never the little curling waves saucier on the Gulf.

From The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive by Mathes, Harry A.

Ernst Lubitsch is best remembered today for directing some of the wittiest, sauciest Hollywood romantic comedies of the 1930s and ’40s.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2026

I mean, the tuba players are always the sauciest ones in the band.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 2024

Shirky’s was only the sauciest form of an argument I heard whenever I mentioned to my techno-utopian friends that I identified with Carr’s distress.

From Slate Aug. 16, 2018

What emerges from the churning wash of “Travesties” is one of the sweetest, sauciest and strangest defenses of art ever to land on a stage.

From New York Times Apr. 24, 2018

From the top of her curly head to the soles of her skipping little feet, she was the sauciest, merriest, noisiest creature.

From Milly and Olly by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.




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