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morsel

[mawr-suhl] / ˈmɔr səl /


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The cattle shortage has led companies to try to cut costs and scrape every morsel of meat off each cattle carcass.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

"I'd lost every morsel of confidence that I possibly could have had," remembers Williams.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2025

Anchored by its leads, “Coup!” is a tasty morsel of social commentary about problems that continue to plague our world.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2024

I'm really fine with not needing to optimize every morsel I consume for maximum nutrition and health.

From Salon Feb. 5, 2024

After a while, her brother now properly subdued and her irritation spent, Bristle retrieved the morsel of rat and dropped it in front of him.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

X, Instagram, and Truth Social reduce complexities once aerated in newspaper articles into media morsels.

From Barron's Apr. 15, 2026

“Martin Scorsese All the Films” is filled with such morsels, making for an engrossing book—provided you don’t mind the occasional political asides.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

This is because over time it builds up a wider picture by piecing together the morsels it may extract from a wide range of people.

From BBC Nov. 19, 2025

Or build a composed salad on top of it — say, a swoop of purée topped with Little Gem, toasted pistachios, shards of Manchego and morsels of dried cherries.

From Salon May 16, 2025

Every day Father and David would leave and return together, sometimes with morsels of food or a piece of coal.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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