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kernel

[kur-nl] / ˈkɜr nl /


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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

“A competent security researcher could go their whole life without finding a Linux kernel vulnerability,” Carlini said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

When she came to “Rooster,” she said, Cristle was a conceptual kernel she teased into a labyrinth.

From Salon May 11, 2026

Is there any kernel of truth to anything she’s saying?

From Slate Feb. 27, 2026

And for a few brief seconds I haven’t thought about being a kernel in hot oil.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

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

These include the Green, Neumann, and Schwarz kernels, which are important tools for solving boundary value problems in physics and engineering.

From Science Daily Jan. 7, 2026

Goldilocks wandered the floor, pecking at kernels from her spilled bucket of feed.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

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




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