pea
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That and a cup of split pea soup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Protein makes up about a quarter of a pea, and pea protein has become an increasingly popular source of plant-based protein.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
The plate that my pea risotto was served on was much larger than the serving of risotto itself.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
For more than a century, biology has been guided by the principles of inheritance first described by Gregor Mendel through his famous pea plant experiments.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
A pea pod or a clamshell or a flower bud—something natural.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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He shows us what is left of the peas and wheat crop at his 300-hectare site in Suffolk.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
A range of produce, including peas, is sold at the Central Avenue Farmers Market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Lawson marries frozen peas and shredded Little Gem lettuce in her version of petits pois à la française, or French-style peas.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
If you’re really worried, skip uncooked produce like salad mixes, berries, basil, and snap peas for the time being.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
And he could drop peas down and his pet would eat them and no one would ever know but Sam.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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This relief usually consisted of potted beef and pease pudding; items that, given the limited capacity for long-term food storage in the 19th century, had some chance of surviving the journey between islands.
From Time ● Sep. 27, 2017
Before you grow indignant, ask yourself this: do you weep at the cherry, a singular derived from the singular cheris; or at the pea, long ago conjured from the singular pease?
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2016
When I realised Greggs no longer sold ham and pease pudding stotties I thought: 'Is this what it has come to?'
From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2010
From then until "Teapot Dome" there was comparative pease.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They are hard enough to break your teeth when they are dry, but in the pease porridge they will become soft and chewy.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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The soil along the coast is not deep of earth, bringing forth abundantly peasen small, yet good feeding for cattle.
From Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland by Edward Hayes
Of the first-named picture he observed:— "Or crowding round one pool, from flowery shelves A group of damsels bowed the knee Over reflections solid as themselves And like as peasen be."
From The History of "Punch" by M. H. (Marion Harry) Spielmann
He used to wear Flowers in his smock, gold-clocks and peasen; And spindle-fruit in hunting season.
From Reynard the Fox by John Masefield
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