kernel
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Ms. Slade believes that there is a kernel of fusionism in almost all of us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
“There’s usually a kernel of truth,” he said.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
So both of them have a kernel of truth, but none of it is the full truth.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Malhees said in his post that the restriction “hurts” but offered his followers and supporters a kernel of truth: “You can block a passport. You cannot block a voice.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
She should have known it could go bad, what with the prayer and Henry’s hand on hers, and inside that the dark kernel of before.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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You cannot know precisely which kernels will pop and in which order, while some kernels may not pop at all.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
She devised a system that hulled and cleaned corn kernels, and then used mechanical pestles or stamping mechanisms to process the kernels into meal that could be used to bake bread and make other food.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
There are also mini Bowser cauldrons capable of holding five to 11 kernels of popcorn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
“I want the theatre to be an anchor,” Brekke tells me as she pours kernels and oil into the popcorn machine that’s been here since the Mayer first opened in 1949.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
The floor was littered with blankets and pillows and shoes and board games and plastic bowls with popcorn kernels and pretzel crumbs in the bottom.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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Time was the great millstone, which ground us to dust like kerneled wheat.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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The sun was just setting when the captain and Chris reappeared bearing gourds full of smoking fish, and sweet sugary yams, and ears of curious small kernelled Indian corn.
From The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades by J. Watson Davis
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