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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

Investors can also buy ETFs focused on a single commodity, like gold, crude oil or corn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 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

The famous Garner County corn was as shriveled as that dead old tree stump out front, and the river had no more water in it than you could squeeze out of a rock.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

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

In addition to causing pain, especially when you’re wearing shoes, the area may be swollen and red, and it could develop calluses and corns.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2022

The pills often cause his joints to become stiff and prompt the development of corns, a type of callus made of dead skin - which a doctor in Bismarck freezes off.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 29, 2020

If anyone seemed alive at the moment it was the serene Amaranta, who had even had enough time to cut her corns.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

People were stealing "absolutely anything" including "tins of spam, tins of corned beef, all the fresh meat", Ms Whitehead told BBC Radio 4's World at One programme.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024

Though a corned beef and cabbage plate may be synonymous with St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in the U.S., the dish is more rooted in Irish-American culture than traditional Irish culture.

From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2024

For an article on deli sandwiches, she collected 104 corned beef and pastrami samples in one day to evaluate the meat and sandwich-building techniques.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

The corned beef over there is famous along the whole front.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

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

Said he: "When the shingles start corning off the barn roof, you put some new ones on."

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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