nugget
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A goat herder from a remote area of western Kenya has told the BBC his discovery of a golden nugget has sparked a gold rush, overwhelming his small village over the last few weeks.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
“That,” the Chicago Cubs’ star said, “is a cool nugget I’ll always keep with me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
They include a nugget from the California gold rush; an 1879 lightbulb by Thomas Edison; a mainframe component from ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer that was built in 1946 and weighed 30 tons.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
In other words, the urge to order a plate of buttered noodles or a perfectly crisp chicken nugget isn’t childish.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
Of course, there is such a thing as bad advice, and not every pithy nugget of wisdom is worth stitching onto a pillow.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Hiding vegetables is a technique we tend to leave behind somewhere around the age of dino nuggets and mashed-potato volcanoes.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
Sorry, but you’re going to have to wait a full year to watch 3:30 a.m. tennis in NYC while eating caviar chicken nuggets and drinking $23 cocktails that taste like unicorn tears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Patrick Clancy described his last image of son Dawson sitting on the couch eating chicken nuggets before he left to get food and medication.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Lee has a trove of nuggets about the collaborations that shaped “Beef.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The nuggets come in this little white-and-red cardboard box.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
