fork
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The BBC followed the berries from farm to fork to find out.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Vegetarian food is served cafeteria style and in practice if not by decree, eaten slowly, putting down the fork between bites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Directions Roughly chop or lightly crush some of the capers with the side of a fork, leaving plenty whole for texture.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
Plane-based Wi-Fi is typically a struggle, with dead zones and slow service, depending on how many people are willing to fork over a few dollars to work during a flight.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
I certainly didn’t want to offend my seatmate by using the wrong fork.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
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Because we are turning 70 and have license to let loose, we order a single dessert with six forks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The researchers found that excess EXO1 destabilizes newly formed DNA through two main mechanisms, expanding single-stranded DNA gaps and degrading reversed replication forks.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
There are other roadblocks and/or forks in the road people face in retirement, including a gradual decline in health, which could lead to the need to live in an assisted-living facility.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
After all, forks were a relatively late invention, and not always welcome.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
Fern brought in the forks, spoons, and butter knife.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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The head of FIFA, NFL owners and the PGA also forked over tickets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The reported £4m forked out for Oliver Antman and the £3.5m spent on Thelo Aasgaard does not look like smart business so far either.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
Hollywood heavyweight Mark Wahlberg has forked over $37 million to buy a newly flipped, fully furnished Florida mansion on an exclusive stretch known as “Billionaires Row.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2025
In all, the 30-year-old forked out £6,551.85 for the month.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2025
Here and there the bigger path forked into a smaller one.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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Other shoppers are forking over less on goods like clothing, furniture and sports equipment, which have risen in price over the past year, according to federal data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
The donors who’ve been forking it over are questioning whether Cornyn has plateaued.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2026
Mizuho analyst David Bellinger is saying it again: Walmart can win by using AI—without forking out billions itself to develop those tools.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
Why keep forking over the adviser’s fee, perhaps 1% of assets under management?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025
We sit on her porch, or I watch while she works her small jungle, snapping off dead leaves, forking rotted manure into her camellias, talking under her breath.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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