utensil
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Watching them is like being spoonfed by the streamer’s CEO, Ted Sarandos, who, by pioneering this content model, is waving a utensil in front of us like an airplane coming in for a landing.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2026
In fall 2024, many of us were ridding our kitchens of a very common utensil, thanks to a piece in the Atlantic that instructed us to, “Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula.”
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2026
Named zeug after the German word for “stuff,” the utensil is a mediator for the intimacy of the hand-to-mouth gesture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2024
The team's robot is a multi-jointed arm that holds a custom-built utensil at the end that can sense the forces being applied on it.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024
We rarely even ate rice, but when we did, I'd grown accustomed to using a fork, the same way he did, even though the utensil never made sense to me in that context.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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Running around, shouting, making noise with utensils, etc.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
"They stole everything: our clothes, shoes, utensils, pots, cups, glasses."
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
The Food Standards Agency says there are a number of actions businesses can take to avoid cross-contamination, including cleaning utensils, handwashing and storing ingredients separately.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
The Soviets handed her over to the Gestapo at the beginning of World War II, and she describes coming to the Nazi camp system and being issued clothes and utensils to eat with.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2026
There was much to take—my two birds, the skirt I had made, the stone utensils, my beads and earrings, the cormorant feathers, and all of my baskets and weapons.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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