grub
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In 1938, Pennington pitched a tent outside the hiring hall for workers building the Shasta Dam, set up some tree stumps for seats and started hawking grub.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
He replied "grub" when asked about Britain's disgraced former prince Andrew, and "winner" at the mention of Melbourne-born Formula One driver Oscar Piastri.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
When asked for a response to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, he said "grub" which drew applause from the audience.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
How did a recherché, quasi-French dish leave the skillful hands of Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved cooks and wind up being popular grub for millions of today’s cooks and consumers, white and—emphatically—black?
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
He presented himself not as a great philosopher but as someone prepared to grub around for facts.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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