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hard-boiled

[hahrd-boild] / ˈhɑrdˈbɔɪld /


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Clutton-Brock has joked that his most important discovery was meerkats’ fondness for hard-boiled egg.

From Slate May 10, 2026

They added that while historically, visitors "turned up with hard-boiled eggs, more recently these are often switched for chocolate eggs to be rolled down the hill".

From BBC Mar. 31, 2026

It’s what I like to call a maximalist egg — an egg, whether omelet, scrambled, or even hard-boiled, that doesn’t skimp on anything.

From Salon Mar. 21, 2026

She was a fan of hard-boiled eggs and slices of fresh avocado, and she, too, loved to read about the pink of strawberry ice lollies and the red of sunsets and the orange of oranges.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 1, 2026

Morning begins with a trip, by car, to the Holiday gas station’s convenience store, where I buy a pop container full of ice and a packet of two hard-boiled eggs.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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