corn
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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