corn
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As the first ray of sun hit on an unexpectedly frosty August morning, a few hundred just-graduated Ukrainian paratroopers were traipsing across a corn and rapeseed field, preparing for their first jump.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Today Mexico is the largest export market for U.S. producers in 13 agriculture categories including pork, poultry, dairy, cheese, apples, pears, wheat, corn and rice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Cook the remaining corn: Heat the butter or oil in the same saucepan.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
U.S. farmers may produce less corn on their land than forecast earlier this year, the Department of Agriculture said Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
We took the side road off Yellow Dog and headed up the hill, past fields tall with corn, aiming toward the farthest side of the ridge.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
And that is how a quack who treats the tender corns on pedicured toes suddenly becomes a world-renowned corn doctor in a show that seemingly never met a pun it didn’t like.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
The emperor wore his hat with the corns parallel to shoulders - known as "en bataille" - whereas most of his officers wore their hats perpendicular to the shoulders.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2023
As for nutrition, 19 candy corns amount to about 140 calories and 28 grams of sugar.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
In addition to causing pain, especially when you’re wearing shoes, the area may be swollen and red, and it could develop calluses and corns.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2022
‘So I invented a fourth difficulty level: idiot mode. It makes the corns so stupid it’s funny. They always choose exactly the wrong thing to do.’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
Dishes she's made range from panackelty, a stew consisting of potatoes, onions and corned beef, to Staffordshire oatcakes, a type of yeasted pancake, and Lancashire hotpot, made with mutton or lamb.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
The corned beef sandwich is one of my personal favorites; it has a certain nostalgia for me.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2024
“We would do corned beef tacos over there,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2023
On the menu will be corned beef and cabbage and green cookies shaped like shamrocks.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
"All I want is a corned beef sandwich, not a guided tour."
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
Corned beef, on the other hand, is salt cured — hence the corning process.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2022
Hybrid striped bass are fair with spinners, and highly shaky rattle traps corning bait in shallow water.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 21, 2020
You need only start by corning your own beef.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2017
Knowing I can charge an item, I say, 'Oh well, the bill will not be corning in for another month.'
From Time Magazine Archive
She could feel the power of the great creature corning off him like waves of heat “I must work till sunset,” he said.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
