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bake

[beyk] / beɪk /
VERB
cook in oven
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I was raised that you never return a plate empty so I’d bake something or add some homegrown veggies to the plate.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Arrange your dates on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake at 375°F for 10 minutes, until the brie has beautifully melted into its pocket.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

The perfect summer pie: If you like to bake, it’s an ideal time to give this dessert a try.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

The company manufactures its own equipment to shape, bake and glaze the shiny pastries it sells across more than 40 countries, and relies on relatively few workers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Terrible ones who boil everything until it’s as gray and soggy as English weather, and the ones who bake perfectly iced cakes and adorable meat-filled pastries for BBC cooking shows.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

But while Tesla bakes that technology into its own vehicles, Wayve thinks selling its systems as an off-the-shelf solution to other automakers could be where the real money is in self-driving.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

"Europe bakes in fierce heat" is the FT Weekend's headline as it reports the continent sweltered through a fifth day of record-breaking temperatures, with thermometers topping 40C.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

As Europe bakes under a second heatwave in as many months, Guterres delivered a speech in London that painted a stark picture of a planet that has just endured its 11 hottest years on record.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

Analysts at KeyBanc suggested Monday that SpaceX’s stock price already bakes in sufficient optimism for the company’s ambitions.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

The concrete patio bakes my skin through my denim shorts.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

Last summer, as the region baked, the residents of Ellum Pointe - a whg scheme for the over-55s - began telling their landlords they simply could not cool their flats.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Snacks and baked goods posted some of the largest percentage jumps, according to Theme Park IQ, another website examining park trends.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Clark delivered a scathing blow against Boeing, suggesting that the first ten 777X jets—which have already been built—should be scrapped and turned into cans for baked beans, in comments to the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Each one has a crisp, dramatically puffed border surrounding a baked egg, with salty pancetta, sharp pecorino and enough black pepper to send the whole thing in a cacio e pepe direction.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

He can’t imagine G’ma making her blue-ribbon-winning cast-iron French toast—first pan-toasted, then baked in the pan for a few minutes for extra crispiness on the outside—on that rinky-dink cooktop thingy.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

Transfer the rectangles to the prepared baking sheet.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

As chaos unfolded on Sunday afternoon at the 154th Open Championship, Ryan Fox was the man who kept cool in the baking conditions at Royal Birkdale.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

And yet, on a baking afternoon in front of a hostile crowd, a vastly superior Spain couldn’t find a way to punish them.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Several are also sold separately for use in coffee, tea, cooking or baking.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

In southwest Texas, it’s cool now; later, we’ll be baking.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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