pot

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Some of the chickpeas are mashed back into the pot for body.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

When you start collecting Social Security at 64, you’ll add another $4,100 to the pot, which leaves you with a more modest shortfall of $1,800 a month.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Officials decided to sweeten the pot by offering to export the “Taiwan model” of high-tech industrial clusters to America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Norton, for example, had already worked out a deep price reduction when the dealer sweetened the pot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

She often cries silently, letting the tears slide down her face, not bothering to dry them as she stirs a pot of lentil soup or kneads the dough for potato-and.cheese borekas.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar