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oven

[uhv-uhn] / ˈʌv ən /


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The batter looked almost suspiciously vegetable-heavy going into the oven, the sort of mixture that makes you wonder whether you have misunderstood either baking or gardening.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

But the purchase of a new oven landed her in hot water.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Before a first-grade production of “Hansel and Gretel,” for example, parents are assured that Gretel would not be pushing the witch into an oven but instead will hold “a generative dialogue” about loneliness.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

She enters a spotless kitchen, unloads a bag of groceries, and unwraps a frozen pizza before sliding it in the oven.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Eventually the children reached the bakehouse, a stone cottage that housed a massive brick oven with a double-width chimney.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Reconsider your “smart” home: Cameras are becoming more and more common in home appliances, including in smart ovens, refrigerators, doorbells, and toothbrushes—even as people decry surveillance measures in public.

From Slate Sep. 15, 2026

"By applying the insecticides, that's when they started falling out of conduit pipes, literally coming out of plug sockets, out of the toasters, out of the back of microwave ovens," he said.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

In Paris in particular this summer, the steep temperatures turned apartments directly under iconic Haussmann-era buildings with zinc-covered roofs into virtual ovens.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Working in food, my office is quite literally the kitchen: I write at a repurposed steel prep table, with my laptop on top and Dutch ovens stored below, that sits directly beside the stove.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

The cages were inside steel boxes that looked like microwave ovens.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall




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