ladle

You cannot bail out the Titanic with a soup ladle.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

The championships are considered a major cultural event in the Netherlands, even featuring special postage stamps with the logo of a ladle and potato masher.

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

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

Only the dregs that the ladle cannot reach are tipped out and thrown into the garbage tins.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Here in Chicago, every coffee shop worth its salt now ladles out some steaming permutation of oat mush with a swirl of tahini or jam, SQIRL-style.

From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025

Inside, workers dipped ladles into buckets filled with soup that they poured into Styrofoam containers stuffed with rice to distribute to Haitians who have lost homes to gang violence.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 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

In it, nutty-tasting farro is given the risotto treatment, cooked gradually in ladles full of hot broth until it is enveloped in creaminess, and the grain is tender but retains its enticing chew.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2022

The spoons they gave us were big old metal soup ladles, which I knew would never fit into my mouth.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

Its pink-and-green neon parrot sign lit the way to some of the most satisfying chili cheese fries I’ve ever eaten: crinkle-cut potatoes, sheeny Velveeta-yellow cheese sauce, chili ladled from a mini-crockpot in the back.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2025

Then they ladled the liquid into small cups.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025

Then I ladled out equal portions into two mugs and slid one over to Conner.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

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

Before serving, cover and turn off the heat and allow to rest a bit before reheating to desired temperature before ladling into bowls.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2024

Serra had created it by splashing and ladling a pot of molten lead against the base of the wall.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

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

Three-Finger Hobb was ladling out porridge from his kettle.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin