cob
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Serve them with grilled Caesar salad, corn on the cob and something bright and fresh alongside.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Corn on the cob may not be cheap, nor will corn-fed beef.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2026
Pedersen broke down her options while sitting on a pinkish firepit and curved bench made from cob.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
Unlike materials like cob, straw bale is adopted in the California residential building code.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
Just put those ears in hot water and scrape the kernels right off the cob.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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
"Some of the horses were standing in water - our big cobs were up to their knees in it," she said.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2024
In site No. 50, a rockshelter near the village of Coxcatlan, the team found maize cobs the size of a cigarette butt.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
