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cooking

[kook-ing] / ˈkʊk ɪŋ /
NOUN
food preparation
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ADJECTIVE
going on
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He’d force himself into the kitchen, cooking orders before he was shooed away.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 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

The restaurant, owned by the Tao Group Hospitality and located inside Moxy East Village, starts cooking the chickens at 4:30 p.m. each day so they are fresh throughout the night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

‘That’s basically Dad’s way of getting out of doing the cooking tonight. Mum’s out all day and it’s his turn.’

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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