nut
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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
"This is the blueprint of my life," said the actor, a lifelong aeroplane nut, who narrates the story.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Interest rates on CDs were probably looking pretty good at the time, so you put the whole nut in at once and let it ride.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
A sliced green pistachio nut has been pressed into its center.
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
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"The local TV and radio have been going nuts about him for days," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
One might say the menu at “The Bear” has gone from soup to nuts, because as season 5 commences, the staff is coming unhinged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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
Rudolph explained that the exhibit’s hardware, including its bolts and nuts, are unique and extremely specialized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
My grandpa hums slightly as he gathers a pile of nuts.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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"What comes next is the execution risk. There's a lot of details still to be nutted out."
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
There pups eat pancakes�or starve�and big dogs get no better fare than nutted biscuits.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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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
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Then, after a pleasant hour of chat and encouragement from the two sweet women, Peter Junior left them, promising to go to the picnic and nutting party on Saturday.
From The Eye of Dread by Erskine, Payne
The nut-stealers take no care in pulling down the boughs, but break them shamefully, destroying entire bushes; and for this reason in many places, where nutting was once freely permitted, it is now rigidly repressed.
From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard