lard
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In many cases, those diets derived 60% of calories from lard, which does not accurately reflect typical human eating habits and makes it difficult to determine the effects of individual fatty acids.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 2, 2026
"We just put lard on them and it takes off. I'm laughing, but it's how it is," he told AFP during a visit of the company factory.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
Those who lived in the countryside were more likely to cherish memories of lard than olive oil; having a pig to slaughter could get a struggling family through the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
I couldn’t resist their stacked ensaimada, a coiled Mallorcan pastry enriched with lard, usually powdered with sugar and served for breakfast.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2025
I’m sitting at the table eating a piece of bread spread with lard and jam when I hear the noise I know is Shiloh.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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He lards on the praise for the president’s political skills.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2018
Schumer thus sticks close to the essence of the report, when he says the pipeline would create “several thousand temporary construction jobs,” though he lards it on a bit by adding “only 35 permanent jobs.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2015
He lards this book with keen, bittersweet observations about the publishing world, details that become a big, poignant part of its appeal.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2014
It lards on production details and tosses in a lead whose delivery feels more bro than bard.
From Time ● Nov. 29, 2
Dr. Warburton found the passage already changed thus, It is the pasture lards the beggar's sides, The want that makes him lean.
From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Arthur Sherbo
My college applications—each in its bulky envelope, larded with paper clips, staples and whiteout—had to be postmarked by noon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
In 1988, Icahn took TWA private, in a deal that brought him more than $400 million in profit but left the airline larded with $540 million in new debt, bringing its total to $4 billion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
Until the “useless” headline sparked outrage, nobody at MSN seemed to realize that their news page was larded with gobbledygook.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2023
Litton’s enthusiasm for a wide range of music bubbled over, his conversation larded with remarks like “I adore this,” “I’m such a fan,” “It turned out to be a miracle.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
Don kept talking, his voice too larded in bonhomie, her dislike clawing at her throat.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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And larding it with grievances, à la Mr. David in “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The safety board completed its investigation without saying what caused the hard larding.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
The Times, ever devoted to its vision of L.A.’s plummy future, wrote pages and pages about real estate, larding its stories with words like “stately mansion” and “palatial dwelling.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
Applicants can game the process by larding their résumés with terms the machines are likely to be looking for.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2018
And so I gave my approval to his first run for office, larding it with a bit of wifely caution.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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