nut
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One way to understand molecular handedness is to think about a screw and a nut.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
When the allegations were published in a 2019 book, the Republican billionaire called her a "nut job" and claimed she had fabricated her case.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Mike Rigby described the restrictions as "a sledgehammer to crack a nut".
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
The company said strong sales of products including Jennie-O ground turkey, Applegate meats, and the Herdez portfolio were partially offset by an exit from non-core private label snack nut items.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
It was a concoction somewhere between green soup and palm nut soup, two favorites of mine; much closer to home food than anything I had tasted since I left.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Farms in the Central Valley, which produce large quantities of nuts, fruits, vegetables and dairy products, have rapidly depleted groundwater in many areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
And TV offers more cooking shows than a fruitcake offers nuts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
"The local TV and radio have been going nuts about him for days," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
But in a perverse way, I’m glad he said it, even though it’s completely nuts and not remotely supported by precedent or the Constitution.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
I would prepare soup with the cocoyam leaves and the bright orange palm nuts I’d picked from an oil palm tree the day before.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
"What comes next is the execution risk. There's a lot of details still to be nutted out."
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Before even making it to the next left, we were pulled over by the PO-PO, who then called for back up and nutted up on us with an additional 6 cop cars!
From Time Magazine Archive
They are that already—and it's patent-lock nutted throughout, and the engine is that new kind that interlocks.
From The Motormaniacs by Osbourne, Lloyd
BST14:17 58 min: Bordeaux reply by going close themselves, Saivet nutting the ball into the sidenetting after racing in front of Liverpool defenders to meet a corner at the near post.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2015
This was slapstick stuff and Houghton delivered the perfect punchline by nutting the ball into net from 12 yards.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2012
When the Zuni men had their wives and children established on the nutting grounds they returned to their fields.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I have often gone hazel nutting when I was a boy," said her uncle.
From How We are Fed A Geographical Reader by Chamberlain, James Franklin
It was very different from the timber and 48groves near the ford where they often picnicked in summer or went nutting in the fall.
From Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Ritchie, Lily Munsell
