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pancake

[pan-keyk] / ˈpænˌkeɪk /


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One of the nice things is, like Meta's Quest 3, it has flat "pancake" lenses allowing you to see clearly when you put the headset on.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

“You’re not serving pancake batter on a Friday or a Monday, so you have excess waste,” Reitz said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Evans compared its divided circular body to a "bathmat" or "pancake."

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

The pancake arrives, exactly as promised, and everyone gets an extra bite of something sweet.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

It was a hole-in-the-wall place in Davis Square whose menu had twenty different egg dishes and another twenty pancake varieties.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks

Main streets were lined with food stalls—pulled pork, pancakes, grilled corn.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

At Prezzo, members receive drinks or desserts when they spend at least £25, while Bill's offers a bottle of prosecco or pancakes when qualifying meals are ordered and the booking is made in advance.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

A vendor selling savoury pancakes, who did not give his name, said two universities had been established since the facilities were built.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

Sunpark manages a variety of restaurant chains, including Takagi Coffee, which is famous for its fluffy soufflé pancakes and has an outlet in Beverly Grove.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

The Incorrigibles wanted to play, too, but Penelope explained that they would help choose the winner and must therefore stay behind and eat second helpings of pancakes in order to maintain their neutrality.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

"One of the rescuers asked anyone trapped to whistle, and someone whistled back," he said near a pancaked building.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

The three, adrenaline pumping, clambered through the pancaked wreckage.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

There are pictures from Ishikawa of old wooden houses pancaked by the quake.

From BBC Jan. 1, 2024

"This is betrayal. Sheer betrayal," he said, adding people were still trapped under pancaked buildings in some areas.

From Reuters Sep. 12, 2023

Bending over with great effort, Ignatius stuck a finger into the valve of one of the tires until the hissing stopped and the tire’s bottom pancaked across the brick gutter.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Then, last Tuesday, Jackie started pancaking — lying flat in the nest bowl — for long stretches and her eyes looked sleepy.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 3, 2026

It can flatten from the savage forces it experiences as it decelerates in a process called, and I love this, pancaking.

From Scientific American Sep. 8, 2023

This week a container slid off a truck making a turn on a narrow street, pancaking a parked car.

From Seattle Times Oct. 20, 2021

Without air, we’d continue accelerating at 22 mph every second until pancaking into the ground.

From Washington Post Aug. 8, 2021

And just then a paper bag sailed from a window to my left and burst like a silent grenade, scattering garbage into the trees and pancaking to earth with a soggy, exhausted plop!

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison




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