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cheese

[cheez] / tʃiz /


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It’s fair to assume many of us require a stern talking-to, like dogs who need their pills hidden inside the cheese that is Cruise’s Mr. Movies persona.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The meal plan, which a dietitian explained could help lessen my chronic anxiety, cut out “inflammatory foods” such as cheese, red meat and anything processed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Things like frozen truffle mac and cheese and saag paneer are now commonplace.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Greater cheese intake was associated with slower declines in grey matter and hippocampal volume, less ventricular enlargement, and fewer white matter hyperintensities.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

For probably the millionth time in my life, I wondered why everyone else got watertight brains, while mine was apparently Swiss cheese.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

And — yes — not everyone is royally cheesed off.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

My Domino’s order is a small pepperoni, pineapple, olives and sausage slice ... hand tossed, cheesed up, and then I will get a side of garlic knots and a side of buffalo wings with ranch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

But as a big phone convert, I’m cheesed that the SE only comes in one size.

From The Verge ● Mar. 10, 2022

"The catchphrase just came about on the pilot when I got really cheesed off with a contestant and I added the goodbye", she told host Steph McGovern.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2021

Teeth Man cheesed and rolled to the other end of the table.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

“I’m going to be cheesing from ear-to-ear,” she said about the upcoming ceremony.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

“This is the coolest thing,” Godinez Woltman said just before snapping a photo of her daughter cheesing it up next to Juarez.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2022

He napped, and talked in his sleep, and then he woke up in conversation with himself, cheesing at the punch line.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 13, 2020

And cheesing a baby is a quick recipe for exactly that.

From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2019

“Yeah, you sure worked extra hard. Probably because Miss Tess was there,” Grandma said, cheesing.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds




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