spoonful
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When the person took another spoonful, the miniature figures reportedly remained visible inside their mouth.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
She works as a healthcare clown for Boston Children’s Hospital on the side and continues to live by the clowning code: be open-minded and take life with a spoonful of levity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
It is in our nature to see something new and spit it out like we are 2 years old and PepsiCo has offered us a spoonful of broccoli.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
At home, I cooked the onion and grated squash in butter with a spoonful of honey, miso and red-pepper flakes until they became jammy.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
He scooped up a spoonful of rice and said something to Mom in Farsi, who shook her head and answered in Farsi too.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
A sausage-and-pepper meal starter eliminates most of the chopping; canned tomatoes provide the sauce’s backbone; and a few spoonfuls of prepared sun-dried tomato pesto pull everything into focus.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
“I’d eat one or two spoonfuls, and then add the toppings,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
He had two spoonfuls, Mr. Valdez, 31, said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
It’s so good that she serves extra spoonfuls of the dressing straight out of the mixing bowl, dropping dollops of it onto our plates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
“That’s true, shinalf ” In between spoonfuls of food, she said, “I choose to live here: ’Ei biniinaa, this land was passed down to me from my own great-grandma.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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