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grub

[gruhb] / grʌb /
NOUN
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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

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

Or was it a food stall dishing out free grub?

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Customers lean over counters and scarf down the grub from plastic plates.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024

Plug is self-sufficient; after a handful of oats, he is turned out to find his own grub.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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