nut
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When the allegations were published in a 2019 book she wrote, the Republican billionaire called Carroll a "nut job" and claimed she had fabricated her case.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
One way to understand molecular handedness is to think about a screw and a nut.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
I love salty, earthy, nutty and bittersweet toppings, like nut butters, funky cheeses and dark chocolate.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
“People don’t eat enough fresh fruits and vegetables to maintain their physical and mental health,” said Clayson, a self-described health nut.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
James had a single-dip cone for seconds, another scoop of chocolate nut.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
Olive oil, nuts, seafood, and other Mediterranean diet staples are often expensive, which can put the Mediterranean diet out of reach.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
The diet emphasizes fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, nuts, and olive oil — and limiting foods like red meat, cheese and sugar.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
To make these sort of wild generalizations is just nuts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Really, what drives fans nuts is L.A.’s oligarch-style hoarding: its presumptuous seizing of what everyone needs, even when they don’t need it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Suddenly, a couple of monkeys appeared, snatched up nuts, and ran into a tree.
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 Lloyd Osbourne
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
One Sunday evening in November, when returning from a nutting party, a group of young people entered the car laughing, pushing, slapping one another.
From The Leaven in a Great City by Lillian William Betts
If I was not in his house then he was in mine, or we were fishing in these brooks or nutting in the woods or coasting on the hills.
From The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House by Ross Kay
