nut
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Together, the chemical evidence and distinctive tooth damage suggest that hunter-gatherers in Sulawesi practiced habitual betel nut sucking over long periods, leaving striking physical changes in their teeth.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Yet, as Lucas is a legendary lug nut, these hover cars and spaceships whisk you full speed into his creative process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
I love salty, earthy, nutty and bittersweet toppings, like nut butters, funky cheeses and dark chocolate.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Bull Sparra pecked nut morsels from his feathers, his eyes gleaming craftily.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
On Thursday, government data showed that costs for gasoline, jet fuel, home heating oil, alongside candy and nuts, also rose.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Tractors zoom around, fallen nuts are collected, and trucks cart off the bins of almonds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
While some primates use stone tools to access food, for instance to crack open nuts, accumulative stone throwing is a rare example of stone tool use in a social context.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Head to the grocery store and you’ll find pickle-flavored chips, nuts and pretzels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
I know this sounds nuts as I say it, but it comes out anyway.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
"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
T was scarcely a week after the nutting party, when one morning Sallie was missing from school.
From The Pearl of Peace or, The Little Peacemaker by Madeline Leslie
There was no picnic and nutting party the next day, owing to a downpour of rain.
From The Eye of Dread by Payne Erskine
