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cooking

[kook-ing] / ˈkʊk ɪŋ /
NOUN
food preparation
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ADJECTIVE
going on
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“I hope they help us,” said Paula Fernández, a resident who lugs gallon bottles of water for drinking and cooking.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

For me, this is ideal weeknight cooking: A tostada piled high with ceviche tastes like vacation even when you’re eating it on a Tuesday.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

For 15 years, the family ran a tiffin service for doctors at the adjoining hospitals, cooking and delivering meals across the medical campus.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

If it was all trouble and strife, depression and anxiety, push and pull, cooking and cleaning, loneliness and isolation, you would never stay in this relationship.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

I shared scraps with the monkeys while cooking, all the while picturing Ma, Klenam, and Mawuli preparing their own Christmas meal.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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