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
I love salty, earthy, nutty and bittersweet toppings, like nut butters, funky cheeses and dark chocolate.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Which is why the councillor tasked with getting houses built in the county regards the rules as "a sledgehammer to crack a nut".
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Sagan has a gig that any sports nut would envy: He basically gets paid to watch games.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Not so long ago, they’d been lean and strong, able to crack a nut with a pinch, able to press a seed deep into the earth with one stab of a finger.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
To make these sort of wild generalizations is just nuts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Now living near Shepton Mallet, Sussex said his childhood was filled with "driving my parents nuts with my energy", and constantly "throwing myself over furniture and jumping on things".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
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
The Reserve is more substantial, with flavors of lemon curd, white flowers and toasted nuts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
I step back onstage to find the whole place going nuts.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
"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
Valentine was bitter against his old friend: Geoffrey had not forgotten the contretemps at the nutting.
From Greene Ferne Farm by Richard Jefferies
The nearest spot where the business of nutting could be carried on with much success, was a large hazel-copse, on the side of a hill, at the upper end of the valley.
From The Squirrels and other animals Illustrations of the habits and instincts of many of the smaller British quadrupeds by George Waring
