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kernel

[kur-nl] / ˈkɜr nl /


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But over my three decades of visits—starting as a 13-year-old kid from Washington state—I’ve found much to love and, on every visit, some new kernel of history to obsess over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

There’s still a kernel of disbelief that this is his job.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

There’s a kernel of truth to Wyle’s fake PSA.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

There is no kernel of truth here: The claims of wrongdoing are fabricated from top to bottom.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2026

But still, this second view has also, I think, a kernel of truth.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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