cracker
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Goldfish were the brainchild of Oscar Kambly, a Swiss baker who created the cracker in 1958 as a birthday gift for his wife—a Pisces—whose astrological sign was a fish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
The instrument is a 300 megapixel infrared camera equipped with 18 4K detectors, each roughly the size of a saltine cracker.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
In early June, Taiwanese manufacturer Formosa Petrochemical reported cutting the utilisation rate of its ethylene steam cracker to 35 percent, down from 53 percent in March at the very start of the war.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
“Uh-oh,” I reply, extracting a Ritz cracker from its sleeve.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
With a bang like a gunshot, the cracker flew apart to reveal a large, pointed witch’s hat topped with a stuffed vulture.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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But things went haywire when the company tried to produce the crackers at scale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Ana said her advice would be for people to pick up an extra tin or pack of crackers every time they shop to slowly build up the supply.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
For literal dollars, I could put a couple of enormous pots on the stove, buy some good bread and oyster crackers, and feed a roomful of people until they were comfortably full.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Carson was sipping tea and eating crackers at her seaside home in Iceland — she also resides in Ann Arbor, Mich., where she teaches — after she got the big news.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
They all look like they’re made of graham crackers.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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