grate
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Thanks for several chuckles — especially your response to the reader who questioned the existence of editors at the Times: “Thats a grate queston.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
"You can grate it, it's salty, it has a nice texture, it can be added to pasta. And it's just really cool to see… the fermentation can help it become delicious."
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
"If you just need to grate some cheese over pasta, there are alternatives," she said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
Mr. Ariosto’s cheerful quotes from Rob, Steve, Chris, Andy, Pete, Miguel and Sonny would grate less if he maintained more critical distance from his subjects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
“I stared at the grate in the floor. The whole room was tilted like a bathtub to a metal drain in the middle.”
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
“The name Homeland Security grates on a lot of people, understandably,” she wrote.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
The tax charged on agricultural exports grates on people like Marcos Pereda, who operates a grain farm north of Buenos Aires and a cattle farm to the west.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Yes, it has become a commercial beast and the rampant hyping of the brand grates, but the essence of what makes the Lions special is strong and apparently unbreakable.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
The Seattle entrepreneur, who also campaigned for Harris, said it grates on her to see people laughing in restaurants “as if nothing had happened.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
For a time, sunshine trickles into the tunnels through the catacomb grates, weakly lighting the floor.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
But if you’re a dipping sauce kind of person, mix the leftover egg yolks with 1 cup of oil, lemon juice, grated garlic and some salt and pepper to make an aioli.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Pesto is made here with basil, extra virgin olive oil, pine nuts, garlic and grated cheese, all ground to a thick paste.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
As fatigue -- and anger at army scandals -- grew, that approach grated.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Other cheese options include freshly grated gruyère, a classic choice for French Onion soup; Parmigiano-Reggiano, which is perfect in tomato-forward pasta soups; and crumbly goat cheese, which complements butternut squash soup or pumpkin bisque.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
Half an hour later, Mark was back inside the Berg, kicking through debris, only now he was walking on a wall instead of the grated floor.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
The way AI talks to us is grating and disingenuous—and can even be harmful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
It’s a little grating to see boorish Tony offer him business tips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Even though I find loudcasting intensely grating, I have never registered an official complaint and have only occasionally asked other passengers to turn the volume down on their device.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The monotony of a corporate job can be grating, but a steady paycheck provides a sense of security.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The last time that Fernanda saw her, trying to keep up with the novice, the iron grating of the cloister had just closed behind her.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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