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cook

[kook] / kʊk /




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You have to let him cook, your very own basketball anarchist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

"It's not acceptable for classrooms to be dangerous," said Mavroudis, who hopes to become a cook and plans to move elsewhere in Europe to "countries where things are better".

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Grace Geramita, 85, has millions of followers who watch her cook recipes she has made for decades.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Here are some recommendations for what to read, watch, and cook this evening that my colleagues are pretty confident won’t fall outside your margin of error:

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

Our family would stay in the living quarters atop their garage, and Jimmie and I would cook for Mr. and Mrs. Belcher, serve their meals, and drive them around town.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

She says she’s now mom’s full-time caregiver: She cooks, manages her medications, drives her to appointments and handles her finances and insurance paperwork.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

If Silicon Valley has perfected any business model, it’s the one in which it cooks up a new technology and then persuades people they can’t live without it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

But when she cooks, she returns to what she knows most intimately.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Japanese cooks are working with a brand-new selection of seafood, since El Nino has altered ocean migratory routes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Abuela was one of the best cooks around.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya


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