awl
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Back in 2016, Kelly Conaboy wrote for The Awl: "What does a bay leaf taste like? Nothing. What does a bay leaf smell like? Nothing. What does a bay leaf look like? A leaf."
From Salon • Sep. 13, 2023
But the rivalry, and the intensity of feeling that spawned both it and the anonymous letter to the Awl, never really comes alive on the page.
From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023
“One of the defining characteristics of dads,” wrote Silvia Killingsworth on the Awl in 2016, “is that they’ve just … always been that way, for as long as we can remember.”
From Slate • Dec. 16, 2019
Stillman, a freelance journalist who has written for Gothamist and the Awl among others, declined comment when reached by telephone Wednesday night.
From The Guardian • Feb. 7, 2019
“And to bore with my awl,” cried Bartek the Awl, drawing his sword.
From Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Noyes, George Rapall
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