nugget
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Even if it’s a nightmare, I always find that there’s some nugget of information there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
There has been an early pattern in these early days: an early morning nugget of news dropping from No10.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“I had no idea that eating a 10-piece chicken nugget on a roller coaster would be a national headline, but here we are,” Ferrell told Fox 8 News in Cleveland.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
They include a nugget from the California gold rush; an 1879 lightbulb by Thomas Edison; a mainframe component from ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer that was built in 1946 and weighed 30 tons.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
She clutched the apple to her chest like it was a gold nugget.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
Sorry, but you’re going to have to wait a full year to watch 3:30 a.m. tennis in NYC while eating caviar chicken nuggets and drinking $23 cocktails that taste like unicorn tears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Wisconsin Hot Cheese is another favorite: the deep-fried cheddar nuggets are cooked to order and give even a great cheese curd some serious competition.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
“I’m dipping nuggets you’ve never heard of into sources you could never understand,” she declares bluntly, causing us to cackle out of sheer surprise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The show is billed around interviewing musicians, actors and comedians over a plate of nuggets.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
It’s in the salad dressing too, and the sauces for the nuggets, not to mention Isaac’s dessert.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
