cob
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Serve them with grilled Caesar salad, corn on the cob and something bright and fresh alongside.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Some are molded into corn on the cob, celery and rhubarb shapes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The town this week unveiled several artistic works, including three statues of athletes and other monuments such as a maize cob and a milk fountain.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2024
The researchers did find genes related to cob size -- perhaps representing an increased yield potential -- and flowering time, which likely helped maize, a tropical crop, to grow at higher latitudes with longer days.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2023
She had a contractor paint the rooms the colors of sweet peas and corn on the cob.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
It looks like charcoal, but the black briquettes are actually made from plant waste: millet and sesame stalks, palm fronds and cobs.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
This supplies the UK with 55 million cobs of corn each year, along with chillis, butternut squash, and also green beans.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
I learned that the distillery makes its bourbon from local Jimmy Red corn, which was two cobs away from extinction before High Wire rescued it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Above, a large skylight is adorned with hundreds of suspended corn cobs, their illuminated forms offering one of the few sources of light in the dark and moody, monochromatic space.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2024
They found a big trash heap and a multiroomed building with no pottery and a few maize cobs under the pounded clay floor.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
