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Their fateful interactions are told through crisp flashes of memory, skillfully rendered with spare elegance by the translator Hillel Halkin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

A Stanford-trained economist with crisp English, Fang was one of a shrinking cohort of Chinese officials whom Wall Street trusted to explain, and often defend, Beijing’s handling of its markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Over 10 crisp songs, Lacy asks if love is possible when your options are infinite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Spread them on a sheet pan and bake at 400°F for 8 to 12 minutes, tossing once, until crisp and deeply golden.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

Then we stepped out into the moonlit farmyard to fetch Marlene from the barn, the snow crisp and crunching under our feet.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Sucking out excess humidity makes the air feel crisper and cooler without toggling the thermostat.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

Or, I overstock ingredients, failing to take inventory of what I already have and letting them rot in the hidden corners of the vegetable crisper.

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

They got tighter and crisper, as reflected in the reactions at their frenzied live shows, where fans flying through the crowd and the hurricane swirl of their mosh pits are commonplace.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

The good news is that there will be lulls between the successive weather systems, with sparkling sunshine and crisper conditions.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

Suddenly my vision is clearer, sounds are crisper.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

He was crispest and most adventurous on his EWI — electronic wind instrument — on which he delivered the most convincing, sturdiest melodies with hints of sci-fi spookiness.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

Find a star and bring it in and out of focus until it is the smallest, crispest dot of light that you can make it.

From The Verge ● Jan. 26, 2022

"Sports Night" Before Aaron Sorkin made us all want to throw our TVs out the window with "The Newsroom," he created one of the crispest, most concise and hilarious comedies on television.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2020

It's traditionally served on or with tostadas, and it is best enjoyed on hot afternoons and at hungover lunches, preferably paired with the largest, crispest lager you can find.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2018

White men in the crispest, slickest suits—black and navy and tweed, some with loosened ties and coats unbuttoned or cast aside over chairs.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

The marauding monkeys brazenly snatch ice cream, cakes and crisps from unwitting tourists in addition to gobbling abandoned leftovers from bins or food directly offered to them.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

All the kids would play out in the street every day, you could walk into any neighbor’s house and they would feed you or you could get a packet of crisps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

Sauté them together until the pancetta renders and lightly crisps, the onions turning translucent and sweet at the edges.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026

The British snacks giant said it had entered into a consultation process over Tyrrells-brand vegetable crisps following a "sustained decline in demand and the loss of key export volumes".

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

“Don’t let Emma con you into buying crisps before practice. If she’s hungry, she can have a fruit cup.”

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Each berry came out as a single large, flat flake that crisped when baked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

They crisped and darkened, developing a savory depth that stood in happily for pork.

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2025

Leftover pizza gets cut up, crisped on the stove and mixed into scrambled eggs—a remnant from Duggal’s college days that she has christened “pizza eggs.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

In addition to its customarily flavoring soups, batters and stews, along with anything cooked in liquids — braises, beans, grains — it can also be roasted or crisped, ground and used as a condiment.

From Salon ● May 14, 2024

It was hot in the church, and the white edges of the arum lilies crisped and curled.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Slowly, the surface darkens into something deeply golden, edged in amber, the fat rendering and crisping, the spice blooming in the oil.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026

Once the cooking area is cleared, Brown pours olive oil into a pan and shows Prado her trick for crisping tortillas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

The cake's surface will look different if it is soaked in syrup, making it moist and sticky, or if it is put in the oven, crisping and darkening the surface.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2023

While the squash gets a head start in the oven, you can dry out the chickpeas to encourage crisping.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022

I went off in the crisping mornings, resigned.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck