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stewed

[stood, styood] / stud, styud /


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In 2022, during Roach’s 23-win run, many viewers stewed over the champ’s chatty asides and mannerisms, especially Roach’s way of talking with their hands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 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

Inside the shell as the smoke clears is stewed lamb over a cream-filled Japanese pancake.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

But by then, they had already stewed on their Game 5 clunker long enough.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

Afterward he searched, though without hope, for another bite of something—a forgotten onion, a mouthful of stewed lentils left from Gebu’s meal.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw