ladle
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The beef noodle soup, which accounts for about 80% of orders, contains noodles, beef, one ladle of original stock and one ladle of fresh broth to dilute the stock’s intense flavor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
You cannot bail out the Titanic with a soup ladle.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Having finished second last year, Vos said he was "very, very proud" to be taking home the silver ladle this time.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
Sometimes the difference between everyday and celebratory is just a ladle, a bowl and the good ice cubes.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2026
He held the ladle up to his uncle.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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Kristofferson never sounded more like Leonard Cohen than he did here, rhapsodizing in a parched croon about a woman’s redeeming devotion as producer Fred Foster ladles on just the right amount of easy-listening schmaltz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024
It’s womb-like and astral, and Lustwerk’s talk-raps, which he casually ladles throughout, are like reassuring commands.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
The cover of Vishwesh Bhatt’s new cookbook is a still-life photograph: Jars of black-eyed peas stand near silver ladles tinged with patina, and next to them, collard leaves fan out and over.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022
Hides for clothing and teepees, bones for tools and weapons, horns for ladles, hair for rope — a steady supply of bison was fundamental.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
She ladles lemonade into a plastic bottle, spilling some in her haste.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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Many remain convinced a tsunami could yet strike, he said, as government aid workers ladled rice porridge into bowls for the evacuees.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
President ladled his usual flattery on Mr. Xi as a “great” and “powerful” leader, and said the two are now fast friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Once ladled into low bowls, each serving got a single glossy egg yolk and a small drift of fresh lemon zest.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
Then they ladled the liquid into small cups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025
Dallas made a deep well in his mashed potatoes and ladled in the smooth caramel-colored gravy.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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Making this one-pan dish sure beats standing over the stove, cooking slice after slice of French toast or ladling pancake batter onto the griddle.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
The women, ladling out stew and potatoes with frozen hands, scoffed at the idea that the police could stop the crossings.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023
No gently ladling in broth over and over again.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
“They would say, ‘Ay, no, you live in Vietnam!’” recalls Ms. Inglés, ladling mango juice into a bag for a young boy at the juice stand she runs outside her home.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2023
Klenam was in the outdoor kitchen ladling soup into bowls, and Mawuli was washing the pans and utensils they had used for the soap making.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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