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December 28: Boeing urges airlines to undertake inspections after an international operator discovered a bolt with a missing nut while performing routine maintenance.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

One way to understand molecular handedness is to think about a screw and a nut.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

Richard Thomas came out carrying venison and beef sausage, banana nut bread, a dog toy and a jar of apple maple bacon jam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Which is why the councillor tasked with getting houses built in the county regards the rules as "a sledgehammer to crack a nut".

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

A little more sunshine to ripen the nut, then, not a boy’s impatient shake, but a man’s hand reached up to pick it gently from the burr, and find the kernal sound and sweet.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Pesto is made here with basil, extra virgin olive oil, pine nuts, garlic and grated cheese, all ground to a thick paste.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

The diet emphasizes fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, nuts, and olive oil — and limiting foods like red meat, cheese and sugar.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026

Now living near Shepton Mallet, Sussex said his childhood was filled with "driving my parents nuts with my energy", and constantly "throwing myself over furniture and jumping on things".

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Farms in the Central Valley, which produce large quantities of nuts, fruits, vegetables and dairy products, have rapidly depleted groundwater in many areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

She nibbled on the nuts instead and was grateful for a swallow of warm, metallic-tasting water from her canteen.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

"What comes next is the execution risk. There's a lot of details still to be nutted out."

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

Before even making it to the next left, we were pulled over by the PO-PO, who then called for back up and nutted up on us with an additional 6 cop cars!

From Time Magazine Archive

They are that already—and it's patent-lock nutted throughout, and the engine is that new kind that interlocks.

From The Motormaniacs by Lloyd Osbourne

BST14:17 58 min: Bordeaux reply by going close themselves, Saivet nutting the ball into the sidenetting after racing in front of Liverpool defenders to meet a corner at the near post.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2015

This was slapstick stuff and Houghton delivered the perfect punchline by nutting the ball into net from 12 yards.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2012

When the Zuni men had their wives and children established on the nutting grounds they returned to their fields.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their father was out with some of his men looking after Christmas trees, and 97 as Bert and Nan had gone nutting, Flossie and Freddie looked about to find some amusement of their own.

From The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp by Laura Lee Hope

Not only Miss Aldrich, but most of the other teachers, were to take their classes to a distant forest on their annual nutting excursion, from which, this year, Winifred had felt she would be excluded.

From Dorothy at Oak Knowe by Evelyn Raymond