noodle
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"We're worried," said Samuel Fu, who works in a noodle shop in the coastal district of Bali, in New Taipei City.
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
Tabasco works great in a mild chicken tortilla soup or a light noodle soup with chicken and vegetables.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
“Actually, I’d be boiled,” he said, picking up a floppy yellow noodle.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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
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
At first our voices wavered, our raised arms noodled, and our overall mien lacked sternness.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2016
She noodled at me, I noodled back at her, and her eyes crinkled charmingly whenever I managed a smidge of tuneful wit.
From Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
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
And you’re like, “I don’t know if I can jam. I was trying to write a song and now you’re noodling all over me. You know what? I’ll just put it down.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
They hang out — George with a ukulele in his hands, noodling away — and talk old times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025
While noodling on the piano, she says, “It kind of sounds like something.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
Kyle could tell they were already noodling out numbers.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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