pickle
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He has taken full advantage of that dispensation, leaving the Supreme Court in a pickle as the grace period is set to expire this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
For every trending supplement, there is an unprocessed, wholefood alternative – from the anti-inflammatory benefits of turmeric, staving off cramp with pickle juice or consumption of high-nitrate foods like beetroot before competition.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
I like this recipe in particular because if the farmers market has otherwise failed you, there is a decent chance the pickle table has not.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
You name it and it likely now comes in a pickle flavor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
I added hard-boiled eggs and apples and dill pickle slices.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Staples at taverns across the state, Maid-Rites more closely resemble the sloppy joe of school lunchrooms: the ground-beef sandwiches are served on a soft bun and topped with mustard, pickles and raw onions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
For example, "I love pickles. I know that if I eat too many pickles I'm gonna feel ill."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
If you didn’t know what FTD meant on the menu at the Hodad’s stands at Petco Park, the burger — with cheese, onion rings, pickles, mayonnaise and barbecue sauce — still was a good time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The general formula is simple: chopped pickles, cream cheese or sour cream, herbs, ranch seasoning, maybe shredded cheese, all whipped together into something aggressively scoopable.
From Salon ● May 28, 2026
The pantry is shelved floor to ceiling with pickles and soup jars, molasses, put-up vegetables, and preserves.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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No matter what, I start with the pickled vegetables then I get one of the hamachi rolls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
I took a bite of the buttery Texas toast and the crinkle-cut fries, then dipped them into the creamy, peppery Cane’s Sauce, which tasted something like pickled ranch.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Change the herbs accordingly: chives and parsley are excellent with giardiniera, while Mexican-style pickled carrots practically beg for cilantro and oregano.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
"We have ham, pickled garlic, tahini, and stinky tofu and liquor. Just below my office is a shop whose speciality is vodka, foie gras and apple in one scoop," says Yan.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
There were only chewing sounds as they ate their chunks of pickled herring.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
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Tools are scattered throughout the studio, including a plumber’s torch for melting glass, crockpots for pickling and a dental tool she uses to stamp her logo, VM, short for Verre Modern, onto her ceramics.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
While drying or pickling might preserve its taste, photography best preserves its beauty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
"My life changed just from pickling a cucumber," Maddi Neye-Swift told the BBC as she picked up her award for food creator of the year.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024
This means you’ll have lots of peppers available for canning, pickling and serving roasted and stuffed to large groups of guests.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024
Or indeed, having been so luckily preserved, what good had her pickling accomplished for either herself or the world?
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
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