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
This version leans hard into fresh corn, still in its cool green husks and already smelling sweet before you cut it from the cob.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Menu offerings include appetizers such as Dungeness crab cakes and lobster corn dogs, and entrées such as crispy chicken Milanese, honey miso glazed salmon and a signature Skywalker Ranch Wagyu burger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Dad stared down the corn rows, hearing nothing.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
It’s built around the idea of a tale of two corns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024
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
“This was the beginning of a whole line of prolific corns, and what really struck me was that it was only one person still growing it,” Shields said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2019
‘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
Though a corned beef and cabbage plate may be synonymous with St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in the U.S., the dish is more rooted in Irish-American culture than traditional Irish culture.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2024
Capitol Hill Blog reports that in addition to delicate pastries, the new location will include hearty savory fare like Reuben sandwiches and corned beef hash.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2023
“We would do corned beef tacos over there,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2023
Even the food is surreal: corned beef and cabbage with pumpkin pie that’s still frozen in the middle for dessert.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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
It should be an example to all of us because . . . she was corning to help us .
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
