crisp
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The quicksilver changes of scene in this urban hellscape are handled with crisp dispatch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
"Today I see a boom in Ukrainian wineries," he said, noting that from full-bodied reds in the south to the crisp whites of the west, "our terroirs and climate are incredibly diverse".
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Half an hour before the auction begins, the better-heeled buyers—including Drolma—set up their scales in the main hall, clutching fat wads of crisp, red 100-yuan bills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Together, the three of them had climbed the world's highest peaks, under crisp mountain skies and in treacherous snowstorms.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
He pulled out his wallet, the one with the Philadelphia Eagles logo emblazoned on the front, and slipped a crisp twenty-dollar bill from it.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Sucking out excess humidity makes the air feel crisper and cooler without toggling the thermostat.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
They got tighter and crisper, as reflected in the reactions at their frenzied live shows, where fans flying through the crowd and the hurricane swirl of their mosh pits are commonplace.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
She’s wearing oversize sunglasses, a crisp collared shirt, an even crisper pleated navy skirt and leopard-print pumps.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
There’s no reaching past something sticky or spoiled, no quiet dread lurking in the crisper drawer.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
She speaks quiet, perfectly enunciated French; her accent is crisper than Frau Elena’s.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Find a star and bring it in and out of focus until it is the smallest, crispest dot of light that you can make it.
From The Verge ● Jan. 26, 2022
"Sports Night" Before Aaron Sorkin made us all want to throw our TVs out the window with "The Newsroom," he created one of the crispest, most concise and hilarious comedies on television.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2020
“I knew he was a hero,” he said in one of his crispest setups.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2020
It's traditionally served on or with tostadas, and it is best enjoyed on hot afternoons and at hungover lunches, preferably paired with the largest, crispest lager you can find.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2018
White men in the crispest, slickest suits—black and navy and tweed, some with loosened ties and coats unbuttoned or cast aside over chairs.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
"We get to see what people are eating, sometimes you get cigarette ends and it's interesting to see what crisps people are eating."
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
The meat browns, the tortilla crisps, and when you flip it, everything holds together like it was always meant to.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
The marauding monkeys brazenly snatch ice cream, cakes and crisps from unwitting tourists in addition to gobbling abandoned leftovers from bins or food directly offered to them.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
It will launch "fan of the match" promotions for its Lays crisps brand during the tournament.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
Hortensia paused to cram more crisps into her mouth.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
Each berry came out as a single large, flat flake that crisped when baked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
The result is a pasta I have begun making on repeat: olive-forward, lemon-lit, threaded with crisped chickpeas and slumped feta.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026
They crisped and darkened, developing a savory depth that stood in happily for pork.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2025
Leftover pizza gets cut up, crisped on the stove and mixed into scrambled eggs—a remnant from Duggal’s college days that she has christened “pizza eggs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Robert Hooke evidently saw clouds perfectly clearly when he asked, ‘What is the reason of the various Figure of the Clouds, undulated, hairy, crisped, coyled, confus’d, and the like?’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Watching from my couch in Chicago, I could almost smell the crust crisping.
From Salon ● May 27, 2025
Once the cooking area is cleared, Brown pours olive oil into a pan and shows Prado her trick for crisping tortillas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
The cake's surface will look different if it is soaked in syrup, making it moist and sticky, or if it is put in the oven, crisping and darkening the surface.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2023
They get smash-grilled, crisping the exterior with Maillard-reaction goodness; at assembly, an extra slab of house-cured pork belly adds more smoke, salt and fat.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
She made him taller, and massive, too, with crisping hair in curls like petals of wild hyacinth but all red-golden.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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