cob
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Some are molded into corn on the cob, celery and rhubarb shapes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
At its simplest, freshly cut corn straight off the cob is perfectly delectable.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
Unlike materials like cob, straw bale is adopted in the California residential building code.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
The town this week unveiled several artistic works, including three statues of athletes and other monuments such as a maize cob and a milk fountain.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2024
Great-uncle Edisto always cooked his famous corn bread and good black snap beans and corn on the cob, if it was summer.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
It looks like charcoal, but the black briquettes are actually made from plant waste: millet and sesame stalks, palm fronds and cobs.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
I learned that the distillery makes its bourbon from local Jimmy Red corn, which was two cobs away from extinction before High Wire rescued it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Above, a large skylight is adorned with hundreds of suspended corn cobs, their illuminated forms offering one of the few sources of light in the dark and moody, monochromatic space.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2024
Supplant produces it from agricultural waste, including cobs, husks, stems and stalks, using enzymes found in fungi.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2023
Why only a handful of maize cobs in the whole site, when maize, at least for the elite, was a staple food?
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
