ham
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Would you climb Irvine's 25ft greasy pole for a ham?
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Within weeks Masino pulled a U-turn, dumping the new logo, dropping the marketing firm behind it and pausing restaurant remodels, bringing back proven sellers like campfire meals and ham dinners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
"It would be like smoked ham," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
He pours the Ditka wine into a plastic cup and unwraps his hoagie, layered with ham and, as the cashier so memorably described it, “limited-time yellow squirt.”
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
Only sometimes, I thought, when I know he’s got a leftover ham sandwich in his drawer.
From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe
ChatGPT said she’d need to make two turkeys, two hams and six pies to feed all those guests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
Most supermarket hams are already fully cooked, which means your job isn’t to roast so much as to gild the lily.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
There is a pleasing calm to her delivery that stands out in a scene of fidgety hams.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
Union leaders are lining up donations of turkeys and hams in hopes of meeting demand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
When I look up, I see cured hams hanging from the ceiling and shelves and shelves of dry goods.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
The last part was hammed up a bit; lacking a controlling stake doesn’t automatically equate to no influence on decisions.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024
Now their AI capability, however obscure, is hammed up.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024
During a six-week election campaign, both Hipkins and Luxon traveled the country and hammed it up for the cameras.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
He offered no introduction beyond theatrically raised eyebrows and a teasing smile, and he swayed and hammed it up until people started laughing and dancing in line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
In the ring Woody’s smile looked sly and crafty; he hammed it up.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
Drummer Joel Amey punctures the pomposity during The Sofa - hamming up his accent as he sings about feeling "stuck in Seven Sisters, Norf Lahn-dan".
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Was it necessary to have the head coach of the Warriors and a former Bulls shooting guard hamming it up on the party’s biggest night?
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2024
Was he hamming it up for the cameras?
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2024
And in a brilliant bit of acting by Patrick Stewart, you can see that he’s hamming it up for the cadets.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
They were sitting on the deck, staring at Percy, but when he glared at them pointedly, they started hamming it up again, trembling and flopping around like fish.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
