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spud

[spuhd] / spʌd /
NOUN
tuber
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"The thing is, I really love a right good jacket spud with all the filling in, so I thought, why not?"

From BBC Nov. 12, 2025

But for some, the true treat will turn out to be the classic oval or oblong-shaped russet spud, good for baking, frying or just plain admiring.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

Cantwell is right to defend the spud against this line of attack.

From Seattle Times Apr. 8, 2024

But the case, like so many others, fell by the flesh of the spud.

From New York Times Jan. 24, 2024

He'd always say things like, "Jess, we're going to go shoot hoops just the two of us, but when we get back we'll play spud with you."

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

Or, if you prefer softer spuds, Danny also has a genius tip for leveling up your potato salad.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

“I was like, ‘Why do you guys have a potato?’” she recalled asking the family handing out spuds.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

As for “Chicken Shop Date,” the online series first began with Dimoldenberg interviewing grime artists over greasy chicken and deep fried spuds before doing the same with Hollywood celebrities.

From Salon Jan. 29, 2024

First, you’d remove the spuds from their plastic bag.

From National Geographic Aug. 17, 2023

The back-and-forth of the emerald ring was enough to put one in mind of the children’s game called hot potato, which has nothing to do with cooked spuds or even warm globes.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

The first horizontal well in the Bakken was spudded by Meridian Oil in 1987, long before the current boom.

From New York Times Jan. 31, 2013

Meanwhile, we’re drilling and just spudded on December 31st, the Lineham Creek well you see onshore Louisiana there.

From Forbes Feb. 21, 2012

The country's first commercial oil well was spudded in nearby Moonie.

From Reuters Nov. 16, 2011

Cuba, which spudded in its first oil well in 1954 and is now a small producer, brought up enough oil this year to supply its own needs for about two weeks.

From Time Magazine Archive

After luncheon, Bluebell wandered away in search of wild flowers, the children hunted for cray-fish, Miss Prosody spudded up ferns, and Mrs. Rolleston drew from her pocket her favourite point-lace.

From Bluebell A Novel by Mrs. George Croft Huddleston

Understandably eager for oil, little Jordan celebrated the spudding in of Mecom's first well in the olive groves and rolling hills north of Hebron.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hugh used to trot about with him, spudding up weeds from the lawn.

From Hugh Memoirs of a Brother by Arthur Christopher Benson




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