spud
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But for some, the true treat will turn out to be the classic oval or oblong-shaped russet spud, good for baking, frying or just plain admiring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
It is already the world's second biggest spud producer.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025
Cantwell is right to defend the spud against this line of attack.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
But the case, like so many others, fell by the flesh of the spud.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
He'd always say things like, "Jess, we're going to go shoot hoops just the two of us, but when we get back we'll play spud with you."
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
With spuds a staple on our dinner tables, this is the time of year when early potatoes usually get planted.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
At the plants, the spuds are cut, fried, coated in seasoning and bagged while still warm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
As for “Chicken Shop Date,” the online series first began with Dimoldenberg interviewing grime artists over greasy chicken and deep fried spuds before doing the same with Hollywood celebrities.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2024
First, you’d remove the spuds from their plastic bag.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 17, 2023
The back-and-forth of the emerald ring was enough to put one in mind of the children’s game called hot potato, which has nothing to do with cooked spuds or even warm globes.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
The first horizontal well in the Bakken was spudded by Meridian Oil in 1987, long before the current boom.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2013
Meanwhile, we’re drilling and just spudded on December 31st, the Lineham Creek well you see onshore Louisiana there.
From Forbes ● Feb. 21, 2012
The country's first commercial oil well was spudded in nearby Moonie.
From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2011
Companies like Sinclair, British Petroleum, Union Oil and Atlantic-Richfield spudded about 30 wells and came up with nothing worthwhile.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I've been just 'Billie' to all Limasito since the first well was spudded in; you don't want the boys to think you're putting notions into my head, do you?"
From The Fifth Ace by Gage, George W.
Understandably eager for oil, little Jordan celebrated the spudding in of Mecom's first well in the olive groves and rolling hills north of Hebron.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hugh used to trot about with him, spudding up weeds from the lawn.
From Hugh Memoirs of a Brother by Benson, Arthur Christopher
