mainstay
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Piled high with chicken fingers, chicken wings, spare ribs and teriyaki skewers crowded around a blue Sterno flame, Pu Pu Platters are a beloved menu mainstay throughout the six states.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
Growth was driven by the mainstay cognac division, especially in the key Chinese market.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Field is also high on German armaments mainstay Rheinmetall, Morningstar’s top pick in a European defense sector that has counterintuitively declined as the U.S. depletes munitions in the Persian Gulf.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
The Republic of Ireland mainstay has made 330 league appearances across two spells at Molineux but just 10 of them have come this season.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Owners no longer had the economic clout of being a mainstay of the economy.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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