staple
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At a busy Beirut centre, migrant volunteers stirred pots of okra soup and shaped balls of the African staple fufu, keeping food coming for those caught between the latest Israel-Hezbollah war.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
Hewson says the UK supermarket sector is "massively competitive", and most will sell some staple products at a loss to get people through the door.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
While beef burgers are a Memorial Day cookout staple for many, there are more affordable options such as hot dogs, turkey burgers and chicken.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
“At least for the next week, while I still have the staple in my head, I definitely am just gonna keep a distance,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Around 1200 B.C., toward the end of the Jomon period, a few grains of rice, barley, foxtail millet, and broomcorn millet, the staple cereals of East Asia, began to appear.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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