nugget
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Then, scroll to the bottom to see how all the teams stack up, and discover a nugget of trivia for each team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
It’s notable that Vance saved this nugget about demons for Johnson, who works with TPUSA, which bills itself as a youth outreach organization.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2026
An alarming nugget buried in the Treasury Department’s annual report External link on the federal government’s books from the last fiscal year: Its long-term liabilities exceed its expected revenue by tens of trillions of dollars.
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
Ford dreamed up the atomic-age Nucleon, powered by a tiny nugget of uranium and incidentally requiring tons of lead shielding to protect anyone who came within a football field of the thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
At its simplest, leitmotif is a straightforward association of a nugget of tune with a character.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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I wrote a daily newsletter about energy policy at the time, and, in my efforts to be at the forefront of the news, I gobbled up those nuggets as well.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
I spend years researching and writing books that cobble together the nuggets of information I’ve gathered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Mum-of-four Natalia, from south-west London, makes veggie nuggets for her children.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Some positive nuggets are starting to emerge from the rubble, however.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
She had the precious dress-cloth, Uncle Kufa’s knife, six matches, two clay cooking pots, her weapons, and the bag of gold nuggets around her neck.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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