cob

Example Sentences

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Corn on the cob may not be cheap, nor will corn-fed beef.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Unlike materials like cob, straw bale is adopted in the California residential building code.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025

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

There was beans and rice, fried chicken, ribs, plantains, and corn on the cob.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers