potato
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The agents haggled over prices for potato chips and whittled down operating costs with impressive acumen.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
From Burbank to West Covina, lines tend to form out the door at each of the chain’s locations, with patrons ordering boxes of their signature potato balls, cheese rolls and other pastries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Toppings included puréed pumpkin, diced chicken and sweet potato.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
He plucks a large potato from the pile and in his other hand, places two much smaller ones.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
He was also dressed as a giant potato.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
Poor families that could afford only potatoes would have nothing to fall back on when the crop gave out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Her inquiries among farmers on her family’s estate at Edgeworthstown, Ireland, showed that potatoes were the most profitable crop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
"We've probably lost two tonnes on every fifty tonnes in here, potatoes that have just fallen through the graders because they are far too small."
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Those savings are not small potatoes: The skin substitutes cost taxpayers billions, and the figure has risen dramatically since before the pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Last night, Lorren had reminded me that Rachel was the real villain of the Lunch Incident, and she was right, but holy potatoes it had to be said: Oliver was weird.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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