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cucumber

[kyoo-kuhm-ber] / ˈkju kʌm bər /


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Her Honor just needed to do more of the same: hail her own accomplishments, deliver well-timed zingers and keep as cool as a cucumber while baiting Raman into self-immolation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Dietitian Kate Hilton says she's drinking more iced water and eating cool, hydrating foods like cucumber, tomatoes, melon and frozen smoothies.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

The smoky cucumber salad offers a refreshing contrast, while the pork belly rice bowl is rich and satisfying enough to stand as a meal on its own.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

It’s awesome because they rub you from head to toe with body oil, then they wash your hair and give you a cucumber and yogurt mask.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

Instead he looked to our own Greek diet— our eggplant aswim in tomato sauce, our cucumber dressings and fish-egg spreads, ourpilafi, raisins, and figs—as potential curatives, as life-giving, artery-cleansing, skin-smoothing wonder drugs.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

At this rainforest-like indoor farm, where creatures such as coral, tropical fish and sea cucumbers inhabit different aquariums, Kinjo bred "miracle coral" with extra resistance to warmer water.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

My current favorite combines apples, pears, ginger and cucumbers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Stuff the grilled meat into charcoal-toasted pita with salata na’ameh—a finely diced Palestinian salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, onion and herbs—plus hummus, baba ganoush and/or toum, and you’ve got a handheld feast.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

Significant numbers of sea cucumbers - which can bury themselves under the sand to escape fishing gear - have been observed in the recovery zone.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

As the family settled down, Gul Khan’s teenage son brought a starter salad to their table, along with glasses of dogh, a yogurt drink filled with chopped cucumbers and mint.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai



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