saucepan
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Cook the remaining corn: Heat the butter or oil in the same saucepan.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
I’ll do this over medium-low heat in a small saucepan.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
"It could be a person, it could be an animal, a flower, a film, a photograph in the newspaper, just anything. A saucepan in the kitchen, boiling, you know, the steam coming…"
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
All you have to do is pour the gravy into a saucepan, warm it up and serve it in a gravy boat.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025
Malcolm’s little finger was not very clean, so he sucked it hard first and then held it in the saucepan till the milk was warm enough, and tipped it all into the bottle.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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