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stew

[stoo, styoo] / stu, stju /




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“We were making so much music that felt like a swirling stew of sadness, and this is such a country song,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Sometimes I want the lemon flavor to be the whole point: a lemony avgolemono, for instance, or a chicken stew that tastes unabashedly citrusy.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

"For us Hungarians, paprika is a wonder," one of the competitors, local fast-food restaurant owner Imre Zseni said, while stirring a beef stew.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

The trophy is a giant version of the traditional wooden tool used for stirring porridge, thick soups, and stew.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

More than once, I’d opened the storm cellar to the beckon of neon and the scent of buffalo stew.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

When dried and salted, guitarfish is used in soups and stews across Ghana.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

In Burbank, family-run Tun Lahmajo delves into Armenian homestyle dishes, including flatbreads, cold salads, roasted meats, a range of soups and herbed stews.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

If the exchanges lasted long into the night, warming stews may show up.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

The fiery flavouring is a staple of dining tables regionwide, the obligatory accompaniment for everything from rice and peas, to curries and stews.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

Very poor families would prepare Luma dinners of rice, mantu, and freshly baked Afghan bread, of leafy African stews and foofoo, the porridge made from ground cassava root.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

Beloved for its mildly sweet, nutty flavour and velvety texture, it later evolved into a party food, consumed as a jam or stewed with sticky rice balls in coconut milk.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

I was hesitant to tell this story, and stewed over the potential risks I would be taking by telling it, but then I thought of the risk Steinem took.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

"We have jerk pork, we have rice and peas, we have jerk chicken, curry goat, stewed chicken, fried dumpling and plantain," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

In 2022, during Roach’s 23-win run, many viewers stewed over the champ’s chatty asides and mannerisms, especially Roach’s way of talking with their hands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Most people in Ember had potatoes at every meal—mashed, boiled, stewed, roasted.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau

I considered basting the tomatoes in butter and stewing them down with miso until soft and glossy.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

Scurries, the high-school band director, was stewing over the data center in January.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

It was a sweltering July afternoon last year and Redmond was sitting on the sofa in her Hollywood home stewing over how AI was nearly putting her out of business.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

"I wrote it on Monday because I'd been stewing in anger about ICE," Terrell posted on Instagram, adding he was stunned by the reception it received.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

“You’ve been stewing it long enough. Let some out of the pot.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss


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