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So both of them have a kernel of truth, but none of it is the full truth.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

But over my three decades of visits—starting as a 13-year-old kid from Washington state—I’ve found much to love and, on every visit, some new kernel of history to obsess over.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Malhees said in his post that the restriction “hurts” but offered his followers and supporters a kernel of truth: “You can block a passport. You cannot block a voice.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

There is no kernel of truth here: The claims of wrongdoing are fabricated from top to bottom.

From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2026

Or would it be devoid of a kernel?

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

Iran's track record of feeding kernels of truth alongside false information has sown doubt among many critics of the regime inside and outside the country.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

Some chains are testing organic kernels, lower-salt offerings and alternative cooking oils.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

“You can achieve a gorgeous slightly umami and sweet flavor by blending steamed or canned sweet corn kernels with oat milk and straining it,” she explains.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026

The parasitic isopod Zeaione everta has raised structures on the female's back that resemble popped corn kernels.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025

By the time they finished the traditional kernels, the air had warmed considerably.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Time was the great millstone, which ground us to dust like kerneled wheat.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

The sun was just setting when the captain and Chris reappeared bearing gourds full of smoking fish, and sweet sugary yams, and ears of curious small kernelled Indian corn.

From The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades by Davis, J. Watson