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mushroom

[muhsh-room, -room] / ˈmʌʃ rum, -rʊm /


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One slightly stranger favorite is ground beef mixed with minced mushrooms and a little mushroom gravy powder, which can become an excellent head start on stew, meatballs, meatloaf or cottage pie.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

I preferred the big cities—Pamplona, Logroño, Burgos, León—where I could limp into the town square and reward myself with museums, cathedrals, mushroom pinxtos or paella that could feed 35 people.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Why is Australia's mushroom murder back in the headlines?

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Some evidence accepted by the judge -- relating to Facebook messages, cell towers and posts of death cap mushroom sightings -- was not relevant or unfairly prejudicial to her case, her lawyer said.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Even if Nine had been selling the mushrooms with the promise that they’d make toads sprout wings, it wouldn’t matter; for soon, Clare would be gone, Nine’s little mushroom business along with him.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

One slightly stranger favorite is ground beef mixed with minced mushrooms and a little mushroom gravy powder, which can become an excellent head start on stew, meatballs, meatloaf or cottage pie.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

Patterson's lawyers have also argued a prosecution theory about how the death cap mushrooms were located and foraged should not have been allowed to be put to the jury.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

It carries enough bright acid to pair with grilled meats and creamy pasta sauces, enough earthiness to complement mushrooms and truffles and a savoriness that plays well with roasted veggies and herb-heavy dishes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Spermidine is produced naturally by human cells and is also present in foods including wheat germ, mushrooms, parmesan, and cheddar.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

The little man—if man he was, which Tristran found rather unlikely—sighed mournfully and reached into the pan sizzling on the fire, with his knife, and flicked two large mushrooms into Tristran's tin bowl.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

What began in 1995 as Parton's modest giveaway of 6,000 books to needy children has mushroomed into an operation involving hundreds of local groups and multiple publishers.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

To understand how the people mover mushroomed in price, let’s start at the beginning.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Since last fall, when Kakaiya began selling the model, clinician interest has mushroomed.

From Slate Jun. 7, 2026

Just as the fund’s weighting in SpaceX shrank when money came into the ETF in December, it mushroomed when money went out.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

During the following weeks, the Mother Paula’s story mushroomed into a full-blown scandal.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

More and more EU countries are being thrown in the public spending sin bin over their mushrooming deficits, with Bulgaria expected to be added Wednesday.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

In nursing homes mushrooming across the Mexican border, elderly Americans are turning up for low-cost care.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

USC’s deficit grew dramatically during the final year of Folt’s tenure, mushrooming from $158 million to upwards of $200 million — an increase of more than 26%.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 3, 2025

Workshops and underground waacking jams - events where dancers battle it out with their moves - are mushrooming in several cities and international waacking legends are visiting the country to teach the dance.

From BBC Dec. 26, 2024

Margie had three big brothers instead of one, and one day in October the whole bunch of them went out mushrooming.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen




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