stew
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With the extended international break coming up, they have three weeks to stew on this latest defeat.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
One slightly stranger favorite is ground beef mixed with minced mushrooms and a little mushroom gravy powder, which can become an excellent head start on stew, meatballs, meatloaf or cottage pie.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
And at the end of a shift, he and his dysfunctional workplace family gather to share bowls of squid stew and taste the results of their work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The group’s primal musical stew came from thoroughly American ingredients: ragged blues, chugging rock, narcotic country and hoarse soul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Mrs. Wigginbottom suddenly dropped her ladle into the stew pot with such a crash, it silenced the group.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
When dried and salted, guitarfish is used in soups and stews across Ghana.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
In Burbank, family-run Tun Lahmajo delves into Armenian homestyle dishes, including flatbreads, cold salads, roasted meats, a range of soups and herbed stews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Social-media creators have documented their own perpetual stews with names like “Stewtheus” and “Soupina.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
He says he cooks chillis and stews to take to work, avoids impulse purchases and tries to keep spending on a night out below £20.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
Our food would be cooked on the gas cooker inside the kitchen, but the metal tripods would balance the big pots that would cook rice and stews and soups for visitors.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Mine is usually some version of everything stewed with whatever carbs I have left,” writes another Redditor.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
Newsom climbed from San Francisco mayor to lieutenant governor to California’s governorship, where he quietly stewed as Harris leapfrogged past him into the vice presidency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Crucially, I discovered I wasn’t using nearly enough wine or cream when I stewed mushrooms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
But by then, they had already stewed on their Game 5 clunker long enough.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
Bowls of stewed butter beans with bits of crispy salt pork sprinkled on top were at each place on the table.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
Scurries, the high-school band director, was stewing over the data center in January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
There’s comfort in sitting and stewing in your discontent.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
It was a sweltering July afternoon last year and Redmond was sitting on the sofa in her Hollywood home stewing over how AI was nearly putting her out of business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
"I wrote it on Monday because I'd been stewing in anger about ICE," Terrell posted on Instagram, adding he was stunned by the reception it received.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
During Barack’s monologue, news cameras zeroed in on him, stone-faced and stewing.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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