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foodstuff

[food-stuhf] / ˈfudˌstʌf /


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Iran has been working to send some of its oil by rail to China and to import foodstuff by road from the Caucasus and Pakistan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

For over 140 years, restaurateurs have become millionaires capitalizing on the insatiable American appetite for nearly any foodstuff from south of the border.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

And versions of this protest tool, throwing a foodstuff at somebody, have been around a long time.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2024

The idea of giving peanut butter to babies and young children will horrify a generation of parents who were told to avoid the foodstuff due to the fear of allergies.

From BBC ● May 28, 2024

Marlena and I are alone, holding various bits of foodstuff toward Rosie’s inquisitive trunk.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Russian warships retreated to port and, under international pressure, stopped targeting merchant vessels carrying grain and other foodstuffs from Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Vysotskyi, the food minister, has warned that the reorganisation of logistics could increase the cost of foodstuffs by up to 2.5 percent, while Ukraine's central bank said annual inflation stood at 8.1 percent in August.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Most traditional foodstuffs, such as nuts or zereshk -- small red berries used in Persian cuisine -- remain available, however.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

She sells bottled water, soft drinks, bread, milk and other foodstuffs.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

The North Korean government had been forced—by catastrophic famine in the mid-1990s and the importance of Chinese foodstuffs in feeding the population—to tolerate a porous border with China.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden


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