spud
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PepsiCo decided the brand needed to reclaim its roots in the spud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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
Baked, boiled, roasted or chipped, the humble spud is a dinner staple.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2023
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
If he was to irrigate all his crops to keep them alive, the costs would be so high his cauliflowers, spuds and carrots would be far pricier than supermarket alternatives.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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
Malachy smiles and says she brought home corned beef and a few spuds from Kathleen O’Connell’s shop.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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
"I've been just 'Billie' to all Limasito since the first well was spudded in; you don't want the boys to think you're putting notions into my head, do you?"
From The Fifth Ace by George W. Gage
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
