cake
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After the dozens of well-heeled guests in attendance tucked into New York strip steaks and carrot cake, Kielpinski called on them to open their wallets and donate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Kennedy takes a stab at the salmon cake, brings one bite to his mouth and calls it “amazing.”
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
At first, when their boat of some 60 passengers landed in April after 15 hours on the water, they were taken to a reception centre and given cake and orange juice.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Another photo showed a birthday cake for Suu Kyi, who turned 81 in June, and a fourth image showed Suu Kyi with the cake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Ray, who is in the kitchen putting what’s left of the cake into the refrigerator, looks over at me, then Ana, then me again.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
Food culture is inordinately fond of nonchalance: meals that are “almost too easy,” cakes that come together “in a snap.”
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Besides water, much needed for the hours spent sweating in the swelter, his firetruck is chock-a-chocolate block with gifts of cakes, fruit compotes and other kind offerings.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
An independent bakery owner has said it was a "kick in the teeth" to be asked by The Voice UK to provide the ITV show's guests and judges with free cakes.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Selling like hot cakes — Taylor Swift’s wedding trash.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
I broke up the two rice cakes and we ate in silence, depressed by the ceaseless rain.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
One close to the seafront, where the near-200-year-old golf club gives way to a spectacular view across the Firth of Forth to the Bass Rock, has its keypad caked in a sticky black ooze.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
When discovered by a police officer with a metal detector on a cold November morning last year, the iPad was found caked in mud having been underwater for more than five years.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025
His feet were freezing, and his Santa beard was caked with snow.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
All the light-colored clothing in the suitcases was caked in the residue, while other clothing items were not, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2024
In the harsh light of the morning, her cream-colored powder looked caked and dry.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
"It was just a horrible feeling to walk in the middle of nowhere," she said with sand caking her clothes, adding that she feared for her unborn baby after her ordeal in the desert.
From Reuters ● Aug. 8, 2023
The rain and fish goo caking my shoes has already begun to harden.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 17, 2023
It’s figurative, embedded in the characters and the storyline, but also literal, with dirt and rot caking everything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
The small green creatures, less than an inch long, are caking patio furniture with silk and even getting inside people’s homes.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 8, 2022
Mud flats near the banks, caking to dry clay, smelled of death.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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