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corn

[kawrn] / kɔrn /


NOUN
cereal
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I steamed frozen corn and edamame, and tossed a generous pile of shredded red cabbage with sesame oil.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

Still, some of his favourite moments made it into the show, including actress and model Jerry Hall calling him "smooth like butter dripping off of hot corn".

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Background and context: 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

Right away he got an ear of corn and joined his little friends.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

And that is how a quack who treats the tender corns on pedicured toes suddenly becomes a world-renowned corn doctor in a show that seemingly never met a pun it didn’t like.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025

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 and corns are thickened areas of skin that form on toes or the soles of feet as a result of pressure, often from poorly fitting shoes.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2022

I asked the counter man if ducks eat dry corns.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles

The No. 54 is a pastrami and corned beef combo sandwich, dressed in the style of the No. 19, with Swiss cheese, coleslaw and Russian dressing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

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 wants the public sector and businesses to commit to deforestation-free supply chains by 2028 and an outright ban on corned beef from Brazil.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025

Sometimes he brings home bits of the free lunch, rye bread, corned beef, pickles.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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

It should be an example to all of us because . . . she was corning to help us .

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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