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garnish

[gahr-nish] / ˈgɑr nɪʃ /




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Accordingly, Judge Poland entered a default judgment into the record, which gave Midland Credit Management the right to tread on his bank account and garnish his wages.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

South Korean prosecutors sought a one-year jail term for the owner of a Michelin-starred restaurant accused of using ants as a dessert garnish, local media reported.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Consequently, financial advisers often recommend working longer — yet the RET can garnish benefits.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026

A Ramp Gibson, a riff on the martini, came with a pickled ramp garnish instead of a pickled onion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

Then I garnish it with a cut-up strawberry.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Another builds rainbow-colored bowls overflowing with blackened chicken, rice, leafy greens, fresh vegetables and other thoughtfully placed garnishes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Few automobile exteriors are ever finished like this, with its broad, sterling-like chrome garnishes at the lower grille intakes, the rocker panels, exhaust outlets and bumpers, all smoothed perfectly into the blown-glass curvatures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

This is another reason that wild rice is such a stellar option for a grain salad, in which it pairs beautifully with whatever mix-ins and garnishes you might opt to use.

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2025

In the trailer released earlier this month, Meghan garnishes a cake with raspberries and harvests honey in California, where she lives with her husband Prince Harry and two children.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025

I cooked them a special candlelit dinner, complete with blackberries and cilantro sprigs as garnishes, and rice molded to the shape of an upside-down cup like I’d seen in a magazine.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Each piece of clothing within the collection nods to a futuristic past garnished by pops of primary colors while signaling toward a future of “systemized intuition” where utility is the ultimate framework.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

In 2023, a judge ordered Justice’s wages as governor be garnished to repay a loan for mining equipment; another judge ordered U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

Three decades later, despite making payments and even having her wages garnished previously when she fell behind, she still owes $60,000.

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026

Your sibling who did not pay child support could have his income garnished or federal/state taxes intercepted to pay his former/estranged spouse; inheritance may also be garnished.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026

Well, that combined with their kindness/goodness/purity of heart and garnished with my certitude that this glorious triad I somehow finagled my way into is definitely, definitely temporary.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

Public-health officials that night had notified the chain that the shredded lettuce garnishing Crunchwrap Supremes, Cantina Chicken Burritos and other menu items was the suspected culprit in a rapidly expanding cyclospora outbreak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The Education Department announced that it would start garnishing the wages of borrowers in default on their loans early next year.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025

Department of Education will begin garnishing wages from approximately 1,000 defaulted student loan borrowers early next year.

From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025

The U.N. has also sought to block North Koreans from working overseas in the hopes of preventing North Korea from garnishing the wages of such laborers.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023

Glazed carrots are seldom served alone, but most generally used as garnishing around a piece of meat.

From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Pierre Blot




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