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dumpling

[duhmp-ling] / ˈdʌmp lɪŋ /


NOUN
milquetoast
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But that has largely been the result of viewers dumpling cable, not actual growth in the market, data show.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 30, 2026

What’s funny is that if you tell someone you’re honing the perfect sourdough or carbonara or cacio e pepe or dumpling fold, they’ll clutch their pearls in shared devotion.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

Din Tai Fung is a family business that sold its first dumpling in Taipei in 1972 and now numbers more than 165 locations worldwide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

Mahan paused, his chopsticks hovering over a custard dumpling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2025

I remember it was once a lump of syaumei, a little dumpling I loved to eat.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

She started crying over a dinner of chicken and dumplings she made for her family while talking about the prospect of leaving their longtime home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

They often resemble dumplings, but children "can't see what's inside the box so they're excited to see which one they get".

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Trader Joe’s, of course, has done its part to thaw people’s feelings toward the freezer aisle: the orange chicken, the soup dumplings, the cheese-filled fiocchetti with pink sauce.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

In a tiny Tokyo restaurant filled with the smell of Nepalese dumplings, Budhathoki Samjhana surveys the business she built from scratch but may now have to give up as Japan tightens visa rules.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

He went back to eating chicken and dumplings.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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