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pan

noun as in container for cooking food

verb as in look, search for over a wide area

verb as in criticize strongly

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The big question though is whether the bet on office real estate will pan out.

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Was Aberdeen's brief revival flash in the pan?

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An unlikely, spicy, crunchy retooling of spaghetti with chili-spiked tomato sauce, it requires cooking the pasta and the sauce in the same pan, to the point of charring.

Then she adds the contents of the flavoring packet to the meat before pouring water into the pan.

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ALLEN, Texas—Music blared and red and green spotlights panned the crowd at the arena here one recent Saturday.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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