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[cheez] / tʃiz /


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Italy’s $4.7 billion cheese economy is feeling the climate-change heat.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Barbecue flatbread arrives piled with chicken, cheese, and sauce, as though California Pizza Kitchen had taken up Spanish.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

Before she left, she filled multiple bags with pesto, pasta, Parmigiano reggiano cheese, balsamic vinegar and salt, and made it last back home before she returned to Italy, this time in Florence, in February 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

I studied the pastries while pretending not to listen: tea-infused buns knotted with candied citrus, laminated pastry layered with spiced cream cheese, craggy oat muffins dotted with boysenberry preserves.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

She offered him a sandwich of thin-sliced cucumber and cream cheese.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

And — yes — not everyone is royally cheesed off.

From MarketWatch Apr. 1, 2026

"In the end you can see that people were at the end of their tether with it. You could sense that the audience were getting a bit cheesed off," he said.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2022

But as a big phone convert, I’m cheesed that the SE only comes in one size.

From The Verge Mar. 10, 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

But also I’m cheesed off because the Art Gallery of Ontario wouldn’t do it.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

“I’m going to be cheesing from ear-to-ear,” she said about the upcoming ceremony.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

These photos are a delicious slice into Glen Han’s late night experiences, from LeBron James cheesing with Tyler, the Creator at Pharrell’s Louis Vuitton show to Bella Hadid goofing off.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2025

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

It can’t be easy to be constantly cheesing for tourists’ pics, but guess what, his holiness?

From Slate May 16, 2018

“Yeah, you sure worked extra hard. Probably because Miss Tess was there,” Grandma said, cheesing.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds




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