spinach

Example Sentences

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It’s like when parents get their children to eat spinach by hiding it inside pancakes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Smog, however, could kill off a spinach crop in half a day.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

At a time when diet pills are ubiquitous in Los Angeles, Puck joked that Tinseltown's famously weight-obsessed stars can have their Miyazaki beef "with Ozempic instead of spinach" if they prefer.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Hiding vegetables in food is usually framed as a parenting tactic — a way to smuggle spinach past a suspicious toddler.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

"It's just spinach and potatoes with the skin."

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse