sizzle
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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
“This is the sizzle in the restaurant world,” said Stephen Zagor, a veteran restaurant-industry consultant who teaches at Columbia Business School.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 25, 2026
Let onions, garlic or ginger sizzle until fragrant, then add your spices directly to the oil so they toast and release their full character.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026
Gracie sticks her finger on Cody and makes a sizzle noise.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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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
He also has posted a glut of social media sizzles of book-inspired photo shoots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
"The leads are captivating and their chemistry sizzles," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
In addition to the title number, the album sizzles with hit songs like “Eyes without a Face” and “Flesh for Fantasy.”
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2024
Embarrassment sizzles through me and makes my face hot.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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Aromatics are sizzled — onion, garlic, ginger — followed by tomato and warming spices, including cinnamon and smoked chile.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 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
Snoop hilariously sizzled when Warriors coach Steve Kerr stormed the court in the fourth quarter of the Clippers’ 103-102 victory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026
Steam rises from snack stands selling noodles and sizzled octopus on sticks on the Chinese side.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024
Even now parts of it sizzled in the morning dew.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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But for all of the Stones’ gusto, it’s the cover versions that find them at their sizzling best.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Serving up heaps of fatty cabeza and sizzling al pastor, it grew to nearly a dozen locations spanning from Long Beach to L.A. to the Antelope Valley, drawing praise from prominent food critics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Hunched over sizzling grills and shrouded in smoke, trainees at the Yueyang Barbecue Academy in southern China roast skewer after skewer of succulent beef tendon, perfecting the skills that could land them a restaurant job.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
It’s another example of the fallout from skyrocketing jet-fuel prices and sizzling travel demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
I think of how garlic and gingerroot smell sizzling in ghee or the way dry rice feels falling through my fingers.
From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani
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