ham
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"Guys would climb the pole, win the ham and then share it out among the town," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
"It would be like smoked ham," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
While popular variations use turkey, roast beef, pastrami and other deli meats, the original version on offer at the 99-year-old Town Hall Delicatessen is still made with ham and beef tongue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
We tend to think of ambitious centerpiece proteins as the terrain of cold-weather holidays: the Thanksgiving turkey, the glazed ham or the New Year’s Eve prime rib.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
We could see them in the moonlight, eating the ham and those raw sweet potatoes, breaking open cans, scattering coffee and meal—having just the best time you ever saw.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
ChatGPT said she’d need to make two turkeys, two hams and six pies to feed all those guests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
Frank, who gives emotional texture to Corrina, hams it up as a string of Wally’s waiters and bank customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2024
For example, the beautiful local cheese, or country hams, as well as oysters and other amazing products.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2024
There is a pleasing calm to her delivery that stands out in a scene of fidgety hams.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
When I look up, I see cured hams hanging from the ceiling and shelves and shelves of dry goods.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
The last part was hammed up a bit; lacking a controlling stake doesn’t automatically equate to no influence on decisions.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024
Now their AI capability, however obscure, is hammed up.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024
During a six-week election campaign, both Hipkins and Luxon traveled the country and hammed it up for the cameras.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
The tenor Roberto Alagna and the soprano Aleksandra Kurzak, appearing together from France, delightedly hammed up a selection from Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore,” with Mr. Alagna clambering up the ladder attached to their bookshelves.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2020
Several sailors did imitations of Cockney boys begging for a treat as Marston hammed it up as an ice cream vendor.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Equally, you might not have believed her for a second, and thought she was hamming up her pain because it's all gone wrong.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
He performed badly in sports and in school, but was a decent singer and could get a chuckle hamming it up in the school play.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2025
During the six-week campaign, both Hipkins and Luxon have been hamming it up for the cameras, from scooping out ice cream to making pizzas.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
More than that, he seems to relish it, hamming it up as the babies reach out to touch him.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2023
I nodded weakly, hamming it up just a bit.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
