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corn

[kawrn] / kɔrn /


NOUN
cereal
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It’s known forhouse-made corn tortillas, pan dulce and ceviches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Higher fertilizer costs and a recent drop in selling prices for corn are expected to drag on farmers’ profits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Rare species, including barbastelle bats, great crested newts and corn buntings, have been spotted at the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire in the last six years.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Most of the dogs had consumed at least some maize, or corn, which was a major food source throughout the pre-Hispanic Andes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

I told Grandpa all about catching the monkeys; from the time I found them until they were locked in the corn crib.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

It’s built around the idea of a tale of two corns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024

The emperor wore his hat with the corns parallel to shoulders - known as "en bataille" - whereas most of his officers wore their hats perpendicular to the shoulders.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2023

As for nutrition, 19 candy corns amount to about 140 calories and 28 grams of sugar.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2023

Calluses are usually painless, while corns tend to be painful or tender — and are sometimes accompanied by a fluid-filled sac underneath.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2022

“So, can you get me some dry corns at the store where you work?”

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles

Shelton isn’t a corned beef sandwich at an all-night diner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Grab a pineapple bun stuffed with ham and butter, a corned beef egg tart, a sourdough one, even pistachio.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

It is a far cry from the infamous tour to India in 1993, when the England squad survived on tinned corned beef and naan bread.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2024

“We would do corned beef tacos over there,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2023

His grandma had only four Sunday dinners in her repertoire—chicken- fried chicken, chicken-fried steak, pot roast, and corned beef—but they were all good.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

Corned beef, on the other hand, is salt cured — hence the corning process.

From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2022

Hybrid striped bass are fair with spinners, and highly shaky rattle traps corning bait in shallow water.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 21, 2020

You need only start by corning your own beef.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2017

One reason: new ships corning into service are twice as big and twice as fast as those they replace and need far fewer crew members.

From Time Magazine Archive

She could feel the power of the great creature corning off him like waves of heat “I must work till sunset,” he said.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman


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