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hamburger

[ham-bur-ger] / ˈhæmˌbɜr gər /


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On Monday, Regis said, he briefly walked away from his hamburger when a worker called out to him.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

This squeeze starts upstream on the ranch and flows straight through to your hamburger on the grill.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

So far, they have been to chains including the Tex-Mex staple Chipotle and the famous hamburger shop Shake Shack, as well as small, independently-run restaurants.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

Suddenly, the half-empty carton of cream in the fridge, the berries on the brink of collapse and the hamburger buns lingering in the bread box stop looking like scraps and start looking like material.

From Salon May 25, 2026

She’s toasted her hamburger bun and smeared avocado on each side, added red onions from the salad bar and what I think are sunflower seeds.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

Spend enough years standing behind pyramids of hamburgers, posing at fry stations and inserting yourself into the iconography of American restaurant chains, and eventually the props begin to accrue meanings of their own.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

Health authorities in 2024 traced a deadly E. coli outbreak to McDonald’s hamburgers dressed with Taylor Farms’ slivered yellow onions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Some customers are leaving vegetables off hamburgers and sandwiches, but people are still ordering salads.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

“It’s French fries and hot dogs and hamburgers and ice cream. It’s disgusting, isn’t it?”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

I can’t eat meat anymore either, I mean hamburgers and steak and all the stuff I used to love.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin




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