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curry

[kur-ee, kuhr-ee] / ˈkɜr i, ˈkʌr i /
NOUN
food seasoning
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VERB
prepare
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Blanche has taken steps to curry Murkowski’s favor in recent months, visiting Alaska and announcing a $400-million settlement benefiting Alaska natives’ healthcare in July.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

For 20 years, Poonam Agarwal has been cooking and selling plates of yellow-pea curry and fluffy flatbread from her streetside stall next to Old Delhi’s iconic mosque, the Jama Masjid.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

The restaurant makes eight varieties of potstickers in-house, including kimchi pork, curry chicken, butternut squash and shrimp, and vegan options like tofu with mushroom and kale.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

Take a stroll along the high street in Broughty Ferry and you are spoiled for choice when it comes to cafes, clothes shops and curry houses.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

Riders would be after them within the day, birds would take wing, and surely one of the river lords would want to curry favor with his father enough to take a hand.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Smoky, charcoal-grilled meats and fragrant wok-cooked tomato curries sizzling over an open flame.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Growing up, my mother would make a simple salad of sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, and lemons, drizzled with salt, served alongside homemade curries, spiced rice and steamed fish fillets wrapped in banana leaf parcels.

From Salon Feb. 7, 2026

Levy UK says it aims to use the whole animal, turning lesser cuts into burgers, curries and pies.

From Barron's Dec. 21, 2025

Guests dine on curries and spicy peri-peri chicken at three on-site restaurants; there are also multiple pop-up dining options, including a pizza tuk-tuk that pays tribute to one of the capital Maputo’s most popular restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

A tali was brought out piled with boiled ducks’ eggs, crisply fried pooris, dal, rice, curries, chapatis, mango chutney, and many kinds of sweets.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

"For the next week we just had tuna every day, it was a bit like Forrest Gump and the shrimp, we had curried tuna, fried tuna, battered tuna, beer-battered tuna, raw tuna."

From BBC Jun. 6, 2026

He curried favor in Abu Dhabi by backing a local tech incubator and building personal ties to the royals via a circle of well-connected friends on the city’s luxurious Saadiyat island.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

Some say he spent most tea times with New Yorker reporter Emily Hahn, two legends living legendarily, sharing tales over cucumber sandwiches, curried prawns, scones with clotted cream and strong black tea.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2025

“We can’t get Caribbean food this good where we live,” said Richard Harris, a regular seated before a tray of curried mutton.

From New York Times Jan. 13, 2024

My father disdained shopkeepers as unworthy and low, but he consorted with them and curried favor with the customers, hoping to overhear court gossip.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Gianni Infantino has spent years currying favor with President Trump to ensure the smooth running of the tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

He added, “How can it not be equated with currying favor or an outright bribe? How can that not be the case?”

From Salon Jan. 31, 2026

He first fought with the invading Japanese to oust Britain, before swapping sides as the tide of war changed and currying favour with London for the cause of independence.

From Barron's Dec. 23, 2025

So hacking companies prioritize currying favor over delivering excellence.

From Seattle Times Mar. 7, 2024

Sometimes, if the work horses were to be used that day, Jody found Billy Buck in the barn harnessing and currying.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck




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