noodle
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Simply put, this is the time to indulge in a summer cobbler, slurp on a delicious cooked sesame noodle salad, or whip up an easy garden-fresh pasta.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
"We're worried," said Samuel Fu, who works in a noodle shop in the coastal district of Bali, near Taipei.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
William Foo, a self-described beef noodle connoisseur, has sampled versions in Taiwan, Vietnam, Australia, Thailand and his homeland of Malaysia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
On stage, there is a camaraderie between the musicians, who interact playfully with their frontman, twirling him around the stage, or parting ways to let him noodle around on a vintage synthesiser.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Or maybe he was out there in that trap this very minute eating tuna noodle casserole.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
A lawyer by training, he seems to function primarily by breaking any challenge into small pieces to be noodled over at tedious length one by one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
The boy noodled with seashells as his grandfather cast.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
There was kind of a lot of “Could you do a Season 4?” and we noodled around with the prison idea for a long time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2019
His first great muse, a Weimaraner called Man Ray, noodled around in front of the camera until Wegman decided to click the shutter.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2019
The feeding period where geese are noodled usually extends from 3 to 4 weeks.
From Ducks and Geese by Lamon, Harry M.
Overcoming the aerodynamic drag inherent with a trad-core design was a degree-of-difficulty multiplier for Rivian’s team, requiring lots of computer simulation and iterative, millimeter-scale noodling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
As the technology becomes so cheap that anyone can use it, we may become deluged by a wave of low-quality noodling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
“Tomorrow,” after intermission, contained 24 blissful minutes of bass, percussion, flute, guitar and vocal noodling over a recorded soundscape of environmental noise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
Early on he played a drugstore harmonica and a jaw harp, then annoyed older musicians by noodling on their guitars when they weren’t around.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Not only was he noodling around in his mind the best ways to get a war going, he also had to constantly have affection shining from his eyes.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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