crisp
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Looking like a junior professor in his crisp jeans, vest and nerdy-trendy red-framed eyeglasses, Mr. Guimarães has an easygoing amiability that makes his invitations to participate in the show feel like casual outreaches to friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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
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
Instead of being positioned before crisp backgrounds like static dioramas, they’re backed by blurry freeze frames that yearn to be in motion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Dozens of people in crisp white lab coats with a silver MT logo were working at stations with microscopes, remotely manipulating machines inside glass cubes, using pipettes, typing into computers...all of them busy and focused.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
The Dodgers went up against an even crisper version of Sale than usual.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
The good news is that there will be lulls between the successive weather systems, with sparkling sunshine and crisper conditions.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
My eyes continued to scan as I shook the can, making sure the contents were mixed so that the paint would come out even and clean, creating a crisper result.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
Aduba, 42, confirmed the news Sunday on Instagram, sharing a video that showcased the crispest of baby onesies along with a gentle “ta-da!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
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
But they have played their crispest ball against the handful of good teams they have faced: 7-3 against the Dodgers, Diamondbacks and Rockies who have the NL’s best records.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 25, 2017
I found the crispest dollar bill and folded it into my letter.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
"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
All the kids would play out in the street every day, you could walk into any neighbor’s house and they would feed you or you could get a packet of crisps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
“Don’t let Emma con you into buying crisps before practice. If she’s hungry, she can have a fruit cup.”
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Into a casserole dish it went, where the top crisped and the center went soft and savory.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
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
He pointed to a sign, crisped and faded from the weather.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
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
You’ll start by crisping the skin of 2 or 3 salmon fillets.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023
While the squash gets a head start in the oven, you can dry out the chickpeas to encourage crisping.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
He’d already plunged into the yellowing, crisping plants, dying plants, he’d already stumbled forward several dozen yards, when he began to feel stupid again, wrong again, worried again.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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