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sauce

[saws] / sɔs /


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She said it was "a tough one because I have a lot of palettes to appease", with her British-born husband favouring "meat, potatoes and cream sauce" while she preferred grilled fish.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

By sauce No. 4 — Chickpotle, a creamy chickpea sauce with smoky chipotle and ghost pepper with a 4/10 heat level — Holland and Bernthal were loosening up and trading barbs.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

But the empire of ranch is much bigger than a bottle of the original sauce.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

"Guess the bottom line is…I could keep my focus and nerve all four days to finish it off," he messaged when I asked for the secret sauce.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

I sniffed the pot of Baghdad sauce from a wary distance, and despite it being almost empty, that alone was enough to make my eyes water.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Last year, Evans told The Times that the interview format, with its squirm-inducing sauces, was a tactic to turn what might otherwise be a typical press tour interview into something raw and real.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Emma Robins, from Reading, says broccoli hidden in pesto pasta is a favourite for her three-year-old son Alfred, as well as veg pulsed into pasta sauces.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Football stadiums, air conditioning, the sheer variety—all the hot sauces, and 50 states with different rules.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

The menu overhaul also includes more than 20 new sauces, as well as new drinks.

From MarketWatch Jun. 16, 2026

Ocean creatures drizzled in sauces or begging to be dipped in spicy concoctions.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Ferrell said later that he was glad to be in the back row because it meant nobody behind him got sauced.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

Cook, stirring often, until the shrimp are lightly sauced and opaque throughout.

From Washington Times Jul. 12, 2023

Taste a sauced noodle, and adjust the seasoning again if needed.

From Salon Jun. 6, 2023

Crab Louie, created with seafood from the Chesapeake and sauced with what tastes like Thousand Island dressing, is stuffed into fragile, Lilliputian cones with creamy avocado mousse.

From Washington Post Mar. 10, 2023

"Her page. She invites you to sup with her again. There's to be a haunch of venison, she says, a brace of stuffed geese sauced with mulberries, and—" "—her daughter," Tyrion finished sourly.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

While explaining that the paper used to occupy the whole building, employing over 1000 people, our frenemy Ken remarks, “That’s absolutely insane, if I do say so myself,” saucing each word with condescension.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2025

Of this generous, very pretty platter, my only sorrow was an uneven saucing, leaving one side somewhat bereft of the overall excellence.

From Seattle Times Jul. 26, 2023

Ms. Sarikaya laughed and then the two of them discussed whether to blanch noodles before saucing them; Ms. Olsen prefers a quick boil, while Ms. Sarikaya worries that it will leave the noddles too watery.

From New York Times Aug. 10, 2017

But for the last couple of weeks, two guys known for making pizzas in Altadena have been frying and saucing excellent chicken wings out of a corner of the store. 

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 26, 2016

I told her, and she almost took my breath away by telling me that I had been "saucing" Her Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Alexandra.

From Through St. Dunstan's to Light by Rawlinson, James H.




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