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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

The company’s approach is to form cement into tiny balls, each about the size of a kernel of corn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

Scenes of Redford and Hoffman taking phone calls and scribbling down notes, or poring over library slips in desperate search of a kernel of a lead, were thrilling.

From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026

There’s still a kernel of disbelief that this is his job.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

An entire ear of teosinte has less nutritional value than a single kernel of modern maize.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

You cannot know precisely which kernels will pop and in which order, while some kernels may not pop at all.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

She devised a system that hulled and cleaned corn kernels, and then used mechanical pestles or stamping mechanisms to process the kernels into meal that could be used to bake bread and make other food.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

There are also mini Bowser cauldrons capable of holding five to 11 kernels of popcorn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 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 birds eyes glittered greedily as they tore into each plump ear of corn and pecked at the juicy young kernels.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

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 J. Watson Davis