pancake
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One of the nice things is, like Meta's Quest 3, it has flat "pancake" lenses allowing you to see clearly when you put the headset on.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Evans compared its divided circular body to a "bathmat" or "pancake."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
At a pancake house, Judy Henion, 76, called the town’s handling of taxpayer money “loosey goosey.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
It is also the meal at which I most frequently perform what I call “a pancake for the table?”
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
The place reminded him of a pancake, round and large and flat.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
I have a Zwilling nonstick pan I use for eggs, pancakes, reheating, leftovers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
At Prezzo, members receive drinks or desserts when they spend at least £25, while Bill's offers a bottle of prosecco or pancakes when qualifying meals are ordered and the booking is made in advance.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
A vendor selling savoury pancakes, who did not give his name, said two universities had been established since the facilities were built.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
For nearly five decades, they served up diner classics like steak and eggs and a hearty stack of pancakes while infusing the meals with touches that showcased their Chinese heritage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Roosevelt craved a mutton chop with a tail to it; Kermit was hungry for strawberries and cream; and Cherrie couldn’t stop thinking about pancakes smothered in maple syrup.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
"They pulled out a man and a baby, but the wife is still in there," he said near a pancaked multistory building.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Driving down the newly paved military road along Gaza's border with Egypt, we pass the shattered remains of the old Rafah border crossing, the roof of one building cracked and pancaked on the ground.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
When they fall flat as a pancaked overpass, please remember: I told you so.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
"This is betrayal. Sheer betrayal," he said, adding people were still trapped under pancaked buildings in some areas.
From Reuters ● Sep. 12, 2023
Bending over with great effort, Ignatius stuck a finger into the valve of one of the tires until the hissing stopped and the tire’s bottom pancaked across the brick gutter.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
It can flatten from the savage forces it experiences as it decelerates in a process called, and I love this, pancaking.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 2023
They hit again, pushing, pummeling, pancaking, claiming dominance of a field they once ruled, a moment they once owned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2022
Without air, we’d continue accelerating at 22 mph every second until pancaking into the ground.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2021
A portion of the 12-story Champlain Tower came crashing down in early morning hours Thursday, around 1: 30 a.m., shearing off half of the Surfside community complex and pancaking the structure into the ground below.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2021
And just then a paper bag sailed from a window to my left and burst like a silent grenade, scattering garbage into the trees and pancaking to earth with a soggy, exhausted plop!
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
