kernel

“There’s usually a kernel of truth,” he said.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

“There’s always kind of a kernel of truth in what he says, but he goes way beyond it and has all these outlandish claims.”

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

And whether the knowledge was being sucked into the kernel in Luna’s brain, or whether it was flying away entirely, Xan did not know.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

Little did Russia and Germany know they were forming the kernels of nation-states that would outlast their own empires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

It is a bit like heating popcorn kernels in a pan.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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