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cheese

[cheez] / tʃiz /


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The maker of Cheerios and Annie’s macaroni and cheese posted a profit of $397 million in the fiscal first quarter, down from $1.2 billion a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

For me, this is often cottage cheese ranch or a punchy vinaigrette — mostly because Future Me is considerably more enthusiastic about eating vegetables when there is something good to drag them through.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

The grill leans into comfort foods and Americana with crab cakes, spinach artichoke dip, a Lucas-favorite chopped salad, jumbo-prawn cocktails, mac and cheese, and pigs in a blanket.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

A shockingly good celery, blue cheese, walnut appetizer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

The house smelled like cheese and marinara sauce, and I had a piece of garlic bread in my mouth before I even registered that I’d reached for it.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Steve Davies, 74, told the BBC he was "cheesed off with air traffic control" as technical issues with its systems seemed to be "happening a lot".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

And — yes — not everyone is royally cheesed off.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

Should this be the case, it’s understandable why Wear OS users are cheesed.

From The Verge ● Jan. 12, 2022

A slightly smaller percentage said they were cheesed by companies that bounce you around to different service reps to get a problem resolved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2021

Grandpop cheesed and reached out for Ernie’s hand.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

“This is the coolest thing,” Godinez Woltman said just before snapping a photo of her daughter cheesing it up next to Juarez.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2022

Was he still enjoying himself, still cheesing ear-to-ear under a COVID-required face mask?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2021

He napped, and talked in his sleep, and then he woke up in conversation with himself, cheesing at the punch line.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 13, 2020

And cheesing a baby is a quick recipe for exactly that.

From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2019

The ones of the pretty dark-skinned lady, cheesing for the camera.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds




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