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sizzle

[siz-uhl] / ˈsɪz əl /


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The actors, in turn, can add a few performances for their sizzle reels that post-date whatever controversy pushed them out of the limelight.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

But you can still watch a sizzle reel of Argentina defeating Egypt and follow Switzerland vs.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

The 23-time major champion shows some sizzle, but bows out to 20-year-old Maya Joint in three sets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Tuesday’s Google I/O developer conference failed to pack the sizzle that some investors were hoping for.

From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026

Waves sizzle into the sand to gather and rush again.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

Produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch and written by his frequent collaborator Samson Raphaelson, this Paramount picture, running a pert 82 minutes, positively shimmers with wit and sizzles with innuendo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

The perfectly red fillet cut sizzles in the pan, its juices releasing a meaty aroma.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025

It’s a movie where music sizzles and wails out of every pore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025

Flavorful street food sizzles on every corner, rickshaws and scooters blare their horns in symphonic competition, and cats and dogs thread between your legs as pedestrians shuffle shoulder to shoulder.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2024

Moose fat pops and sizzles into the coals.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

The anchovy sizzled itself into the oil coating those browned alliums.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Pots clanged and oil sizzled inside the London kitchen of Syrian chef Imad Alarnab, as the former refugee who fled his country's civil war recalled hosting King Charles III.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

Steam rises from snack stands selling noodles and sizzled octopus on sticks on the Chinese side.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024

Only days before Halloween, a truckload of gourds sizzled on the side of the freeway near the Smokey Bear Road exit in Lebec around 2 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

The flame seared the tip of the oiled cloth and sizzled toward the bottleneck.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon

I did the same: three dishes for lunch on my own, a whole fried fish in a sweet-tart sauce, braised pork in a clay pot, and tofu in a sizzling skillet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

For many, the smell of charcoal and sizzling meat is the scent of summer.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

But for all of the Stones’ gusto, it’s the cover versions that find them at their sizzling best.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

He was a lights-out shooter, making 54.9 percent of his field goals and a sizzling 56.9 percent of his three-pointers, which ranked him fifth in three-point shooting during the NBA playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Our potato tikkis have browned beautifully on both sides, sizzling with the aroma of cilantro and olive oil.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan


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