kernel
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When she came to “Rooster,” she said, Cristle was a conceptual kernel she teased into a labyrinth.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
The company’s approach is to form cement into tiny balls, each about the size of a kernel of corn.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Malhees said in his post that the restriction “hurts” but offered his followers and supporters a kernel of truth: “You can block a passport. You cannot block a voice.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Is there any kernel of truth to anything she’s saying?
From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026
Most of them had enough bulk to warrant a double take, but when she scanned their faces—often scarred, pockmarked, or just plain hideous—there was no spark behind their eyes, no shining kernel of cleverness.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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