delicacy
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Some soups depend on freshness, delicacy or a particularly clean broth, and I’ll get to those.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
The richness of detail and the delicacy of the needlework are as compelling as the fury of the story and the scale of its stakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The more I looked into the cult of Cane’s, the more I understood how the country’s most obsessed-over digit-shaped delicacy took America by storm, slowly and then all at once.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
It made him appreciate the delicacy of life on our planet in the way astronomer Carl Sagan once did when speaking of the Pale Blue Dot photograph.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Dr. Bogert hesitated and smiled feebly, “It’s been rather a matter of delicacy till now, Susan.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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Guests stroll into blacksmith shops and corn mills, dine on cinnamon bread and other local delicacies, and seek quiet time in an authentic Appalachian chapel.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
And American working-class staple Waffle House is becoming a fast favorite for visitors to discover American delicacies like “biscuits and gravy” — a far cry from “biscuits” and “gravy” elsewhere.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
It features plenty of glistening seafood, market produce and local delicacies, alongside Tucci telling the story of a people for whom family and rituals hold communities together.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
And at times “Kenrex” verges on caricature in its depiction of rural life as a lawless Wild Midwest, garnished by such down-home delicacies as “a deep fried barbecue chili cheese dog with bacon crumbles.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
It was full of good things to eat, with rare delicacies from other provinces and delicious items like dried duck gizzards strung up in its window.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
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