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sauce

[saws] / sɔs /


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The regular season has long been college football’s secret sauce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

I pulled off a petal, perfect, crunchy, and dipped it in the sauce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Maybe all of that messy human friction had a point beyond just, say, getting a spaghetti sauce recipe.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

This is also when I deploy what I lovingly think of as my potions and powders: anchovy, tomato paste, miso, soy sauce, fish sauce, bouillon paste or cubes, mushroom and brown gravy powder.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

They ate mealie porridge, called sadza, with tomato, onion, and chili sauce; boiled pumpkin leaves; and okra with peanut butter.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

They have a great all-you-can-eat menu with really great meats and an assortment of sauces and condiments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Foie gras is his favorite ingredient and a fixture on his menu -- used in his tartare presentation, to mount sauces, as a pate, and even for ice cream.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

“Over the years, McDonald’s has tried multiple iterations for chicken and strips, opting for different seasoning, cuts and sauces, all with little success,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Wingstop offers 13 different dipping sauces, and Buffalo Wild Wings boasts 23 different flavorings.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

There are no lobsters like these—simply boiled, with no fancy sauces, only melted butter and lemon, they have no equals anywhere.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Ferrell said later that he was glad to be in the back row because it meant nobody behind him got sauced.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

The capers themselves are fried to create a crisp garnish for the sauced asparagus.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 12, 2023

"What distinguishes us from other traditional cuisines is that most of our dishes are sauced," says Toledo.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2023

Mile 11 of Interstate 55, in Memphis, was sauced up.

From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2022

"Her page. She invites you to sup with her again. There's to be a haunch of venison, she says, a brace of stuffed geese sauced with mulberries, and—" "—her daughter," Tyrion finished sourly.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Of this generous, very pretty platter, my only sorrow was an uneven saucing, leaving one side somewhat bereft of the overall excellence.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

Little did she know that I did, and obviously still do, find a deep, personal satisfaction with all things chopping, sauteing, saucing, cooking and roasting.

From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2023

Ms. Sarikaya laughed and then the two of them discussed whether to blanch noodles before saucing them; Ms. Olsen prefers a quick boil, while Ms. Sarikaya worries that it will leave the noddles too watery.

From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2017

These vegan Philadelphia chef-restaurateurs are especially adept at seasoning and saucing.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2016

They talked back to subscribers, saucing off, uttering facetious remarks, and generally giving lip.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling


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