husk
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But it has been a husk for over a year.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
I’m almost positive this piece existed; and the fact that I couldn’t find any mention of it in the sad, hollowed-out husk of the 2026 internet offers no proof that it didn’t.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Traditionally, logs made of coir - coconut husk - have been imported from South-East Asia to reduce erosion, hold back water and also re-wet degraded peatland.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Tears are hard to summon for a man whose soul and spirit have long since departed, leaving behind just the husk of a human being.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
And perhaps it was not evil I saw but merely the way of all hearts when fear has stripped off the husk of kind pretensions.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
“Ewwww, there are bugs,” said student Cassie Scott, when she spotted earwigs in the husks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
To make the resulting flour safe and digestible for humans, the outer husks and certain phenolic compounds must first be removed.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2025
The guinea pigs, which eat grass hay, vegetables and pellets, were living off of corn husks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2025
The company opened its production facility in March, where staff process not cacao beans but carob husks.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
The play area was bordered by wood-slat benches where old-country people sat cracking roasted watermelon seeds with their golden teeth and scattering the husks to an impatient gathering of gurgling pigeons.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
Unhusked ears of corn can be kept loose in the vegetable crisper while husked corn should be kept in a plastic bag for extra protection.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2022
The 27-year-old, clearly cognizant of the potential dry-cleaning bill at hand, husked his shirt for the recovery shot.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 31, 2019
Her strong voice echoed across the fields as she husked corn.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2018
When he was growing up he would work, along with the other Malay speakers, on South Island collecting coconuts for the Clunies-Ross family to be husked and sold to the mainland.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2017
"He was ever a warrior," her father husked.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
The husking trays were containers with a large oval base and low walls, made of coarse clay.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
One of those offerings: coconut husking, or removing the hard outer layer around the shell, a necessary step to get to the meat and liquid inside.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2023
Yes, there’s a staginess to it all: the quintet sitting around on the floor husking vegetables, dismantling a chicken, dining.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
As Alex, Sturridge does a good job of husking himself as the story goes sour.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 12, 2019
He had spoken to me at the corn husking, and again at Christmas.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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