tine
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The BBC approached the White House for comment on Lula's criticism of Trump but had not yet received a response at the tine of publishing.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
Another tine on the French fork is the urban agriculture project to educate Parisian schoolchildren and their families about food — where it comes from and what it takes to bring it to their plates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
Pull out the black vein using the tine of a fork or the point of a bamboo skewer.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2023
Differences in the concentrations of an odorant sensed by each tine of a snake’s forked tongue help the snake home in on quarry it can’t see.
From Science Magazine ● May 24, 2023
Each tine struck a different Sixer avatar in the chest while somehow arcing harmlessly around everyone else.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
In Tayari Jones’s novel, two childhood friends in 1950s Louisiana take “different tines at the fork in the road.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Use the tines of a fork to flatten and indent crisscross patterns over the tops of each cookie.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025
The complaints roll in: The fork tines are too stubby, the dessert spoon holds its contents hostage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
The stag's antlers, now fully hardened and velvet‑free, regrow each spring, becoming more impressive with each year as new points called tines develop.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
He stabbed his fork into his mashed potatoes and savored the sound of the metal tines hitting the plate.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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