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kernel

[kur-nl] / ˈkɜr nl /


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

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

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

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

I crunched the hard kernel while I cracked another.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 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

If plant breeders can learn to trigger or replicate this activation of WUS-D1, it may be possible to create new wheat varieties that produce more kernels per plant.

From Science Daily Oct. 19, 2025

Hedge fund guys such as himself worked uptown and so exited Grand Central to the north, where taxis appeared haphazardly and out of nowhere to meet them, like farm trout rising to corn kernels.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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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