kernel
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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
She expects Asia’s oleochemical product demand to remain healthy from the personal healthcare industry, while higher palm kernel oil prices could pose a risk to earnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 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
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
I tried not to even consider the possibility that Barack might lose the election, but it was there—a kernel of fear he and I carried privately, neither of us daring to give it voice.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
There are also mini Bowser cauldrons capable of holding five to 11 kernels of popcorn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
Some chains are testing organic kernels, lower-salt offerings and alternative cooking oils.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 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
She is merely a spectator, thinking kernels of thoughts that will be dashed into the mind’s chasm as her brain grows and develops.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2025
For their main course, a little farther on, there was a whole field of winter wheat, its kernels newly ripe and soft.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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
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