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You cannot bail out the Titanic with a soup ladle.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

Having won the silver ladle himself in 2018, Spruit knows what it takes to make a sensational snert.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

The movie purports to dip into the deep well of Shakespearean magnificence but emerges only with a ladle full of greasy schmaltz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

Desperate, I grabbed a plastic ladle from the kitchen to change the mojo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025

Baachan brought in the big pot of soup, and then set it in the middle of the table with a ladle sticking out of it.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

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

Lava-like liquid oozes from the base of the furnace as soot-coated men in hooded reflective suits, thick gloves and protective visors steer the candescent flow with ladles the length of spears.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

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

After softening the noodles in boiling water, you finish cooking them in a saute pan with the sauce, adding ladles of the pasta water until they are done.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2022

She frowns as she ladles cassoulet into my bowl.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

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

A generously fruit-dotted sangria — red or white — is hard to beat, especially when it’s meant to be ladled rather than poured.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2026

A communal kitchen ladled out potato soup for their dinner.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2025

James cut them up and Maybeth ladled them awkwardly into jars with her left hand.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

A few metres away, his mother Beatrice was busy ladling out and flipping crepes spread from brim to brim with a generous layer of chocolate-hazelnut spread.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

Then, and only then, does Smith fry the patty, obsessively ladling rendered beef fat over the meat until the surface caramelizes to wring out that Maillard reaction.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

Once those finish baking and cooling, prepare the mousse and work fast, ladling the mousse into the pan, lining the outside with the ladyfingers, and then stacking the cake layers, alternating with the mousse.

From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2022

A girl with fading pink hair is ladling up bowls of elk soup to serve with cornbread.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith