staple
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No longer able to afford the staple of their diet, the Egyptian people revolted.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Footballers have also become a regular staple in fashion weeks.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Inside the convenience store, patrons chatted cheerfully as they waited for the shrimp fried rice and fish strips that make Food N’ Geaux a neighborhood staple.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
A longtime staple in men’s luxury streetwear, this month Fear of God debuts its first womenswear line for Collection Nine.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
He had a simple one-story house with a small cellar used to store coal for cooking and heating, and potatoes, the main staple of their diet.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
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