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But they might not be enough to protect its viral dresses from going stale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

These stocks are like stale food on a grocery shelf with a big discount sticker: cheap for a reason.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

One man would make rosaries for the group out of stale bread.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

The forces behind these projects, like DC Studios’ co-chairman and co-CEO James Gunn, might talk about how they hope to shake up the stale genre with bold decisions.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

A cacophony of the buzzing fluorescent lights and fingers striking keyboards filled the stale air.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

The debate over whether pineapple belongs on pizza is staler than a three-day-old Domino’s slice.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2022

“Under the Silver Lake” is rarely uninteresting, but it smells a little staler than it should.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2019

Don’t be fooled by the fancy packaging, though: Rarely in the history of Broadway has a bigger, staler nothingburger been served up than “Pretty Woman.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2018

Some schools use the staler options as a supplement to traditional teaching, while others rely on them to entirely supplant in-person instruction.

From Slate ● May 24, 2017

The Herapath mystery was becoming a little stale—it would get staler unless a fresh and startling development took place.

From The Herapath Property by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)

The stalest reality show becomes, in her telling, a Talmudic feat: “There is a tribunal of scholars who teaches them how to sing!” she tells Shulem breathlessly.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 14, 2019

It opens with a fresh angle on one of the stalest scenes in music history, when Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2018

Luckily, so expert is Firth’s timing—like that of Emma Thompson, as Bridget’s obstetrician—that laughs, often of the rueful variety, can be conjured in the stalest scenes.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 16, 2016

When you compete in a multiplayer shooter and you are at a disadvantage until you unlock better weapons; that's the stalest of crust.

From The Verge ● Oct. 28, 2015

"You are about the newest as well as the stalest thing here," said she.

From The Squirrel Inn by Stockton, Frank Richard

Traditionally, sourdough or challah that has staled a bit is used for French toast.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022

As it staled, I toasted pieces under the broiler and dipped these into runny egg yolks.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2022

Hers features an any-nut frangipane you can slather onto staled panettone, croissants, brioche or even white bread and top with your choice of nuts and fruit.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2021

The clerk’s disinterest practically staled the air, their voice over the speaker the droning whine of a giant, bored nose.

From Slate ● May 29, 2018

If the Preacher really had staled Mr. Leroy’s money, seemed to me like he’d try to make hisself real hard.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

"The inclusion of legume flours slows staling associated with gluten-free breads due to the resistant starch content of legumes," said Lowe.

From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2022

And from a wise Italian nonna, Antonietta Fazone, I learned that toasting bread, versus staling it on the counter overnight, it is preferable for preserving its flavor.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2021

Toasting had preserved the flavor, while staling had not.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2021

The retrogradation of wheat starch in bread is responsible for staling.

From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2016

Their ways would never do for people who want to have done with lying and staling, and have always kept themselves clane from striopachas. 

From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry