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bake

[beyk] / beɪk /
VERB
cook in oven
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The rest is mostly an exercise in giving the original chicken bake slightly better accessories.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

She believes "the first bite of a bake is always with the eyes"

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Employees bake bread fresh every morning and slice hefty portions of meat and cheese to order before finishing them “Mike’s Way,” with onions, lettuce, tomatoes, red wine vinegar, oil and spices.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

He said that share prices seem to bake in that the company will move backwards rather than progress toward this benchmark.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

She swiped her fingers over an unwrapped slab of butter and began greasing the loaf pans Malachite was going to bake in.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

Working in a busy NICU, he loves how a cake can bring joy to the ward and has won over the nurses with his bakes.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

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

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 sun bakes the slates above their heads.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

For that reason, the panel could not confirm the safety of a proposed expansion of sucralose use in certain baked goods.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

But if you do binge the series first, watching it will be like “getting 24 consecutive deliveries of perfectly baked Parisian pastry.”

From Slate Sep. 10, 2026

In the Rocky Mountains, years of extreme heat and drought have baked the landscape, drying up streams that feed the Colorado River and desiccating pastures where cattle graze.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

And the worse the Netflix originals get, the clearer it becomes that artistic inferiority has been baked into the company’s business model.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

In the evening she harvested small birds, which she gutted, wrapped in clay, and baked in coals.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

It also noted that similar uncertainties can arise during baking or frying at home, where temperatures, cooking times, and amounts vary.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

Nikki, 50, is an advertising post-producer from London, and has a colourful baking style.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

If you’re baking your stuffing, some combination of stock, egg, cream or buttermilk helps pull everything together.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

Here, it’s a salty, oily, typically plain bread that must be eaten within a few hours of baking, and that locals relish in the morning, dipped in cappuccino.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Maybe he could take a little rest, catnap like Mom did after dinner, before she started her hours of baking.

From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis




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