plate

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A six-minute egg is soft, custardy, a little luxurious — something you eat with toast, standing at the counter, yolk pooling gold across the plate.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

The cameras measure balls and strikes from a two-dimensional plane set in the middle of home plate.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

"The moon is a witness plate to our entire solar system's formation," said astronaut Koch in a press conference over the weekend.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The shutdown, Iran, the birthright-citizenship case and the budget are all on the president’s plate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

He tears the plate into pieces, and then he grabs the other one and tears that, too.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison