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pretzel

[pret-suhl] / ˈprɛt səl /
NOUN
cracker
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Chasing the oat-bran health trend with an oat-bran pretzel was a flop.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

“They didn’t know what a soft pretzel was.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Even if the free pizza was gone, attendees were still lining up for pretzel bites and beer cheese.

From Slate May 20, 2026

For me, it’s the fresh-baked cinnamon sugar pretzel from Auntie Anne’s.

From Salon Apr. 28, 2026

The floor was littered with blankets and pillows and shoes and board games and plastic bowls with popcorn kernels and pretzel crumbs in the bottom.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

Head to the grocery store and you’ll find pickle-flavored chips, nuts and pretzels.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

It's a mammoth task: The vast majority of the city's 20,500 licensed food carts -- selling pretzels, peanuts and ice cream -- rely on generators to power stoves, freezers and ventilators.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

Today, J&J claims to control approximately 70% of the soft-pretzel market in the U.S., with nearly two million pretzels sold every day at places like Yankee Stadium and AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

In Section 533 of Angel Stadium, high above the foul pole in right field, where fans enjoying pretzels and helmet nachos wore Angels caps and Mike Trout shirts, a kindly usher approached.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

I would give just about anything for a bag of pretzels right now.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi




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