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pickle

[pik-uhl] / ˈpɪk əl /


VERB
preserve fruit or vegetable
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Soon a group of curious animals gathers to ask the pickle questions both practical and philosophical.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Lemon-marinated chicken breast is cubed and folded in, while sweet onion gets a quick pickle in lemon juice, white balsamic vinegar, sugar and salt until it loses its bite but keeps its snap.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

The quick-pickled herbs are blended with Greek yogurt, good mayonnaise, olive oil, lemon juice and, because we’re fully committing to the bit, an actual dill pickle or two.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

"I am starting to get real joy in life again. I play lots of pickle ball, I get outside and I go to the gym."

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Audrey nabbed a bag of spicy dill pickle potato chips and opened it, pushing the bag between us on the counter.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

For example, "I love pickles. I know that if I eat too many pickles I'm gonna feel ill."

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Vance has stayed committed to the diet, often eating eggs, sauerkraut, pickles, blackberries and raspberries for lunch, and beef or lamb with sauerkraut for dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

But if pickles are the star, pickle juice is usually treated like the aftermath.

From Salon May 28, 2026

The limited-time offering is also topped with barbecue sauce, coleslaw and pickles.

From MarketWatch Apr. 29, 2026

“Mr. Weidenbach has asked me not to enter my bread-and- butter pickles into competition at the fair this year.”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

Chamoy similarly comes from Asia through pickled plums, particularly China via the Philippines.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Smaller ones for the things that make a meal feel finished: bacon bits, pickled onions, a sauce you made earlier in the week and forgot about until you needed it.

From Salon Apr. 21, 2026

Quick pickled cucumbers, dressed with rice vinegar, sugar and sesame oil, bring texture and acidity while a classic Mexican mix of minced onion and cilantro finishes things off.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 6, 2026

Crispy bacon bits, poppy pickled onions, hunks of avocado, corn nuts, everything bagel seasoning, za’atar, toasted breadcrumbs, torn herbs.

From Salon Mar. 25, 2026

The crews lived on pickled vegetables and one cup of water per day.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Tools are scattered throughout the studio, including a plumber’s torch for melting glass, crockpots for pickling and a dental tool she uses to stamp her logo, VM, short for Verre Modern, onto her ceramics.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

People are not going to start quickly pickling onions and making chili jams, but they will grab an exciting bottle of mayonnaise and let it do the heavy lifting.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 11, 2026

"My life changed just from pickling a cucumber," Maddi Neye-Swift told the BBC as she picked up her award for food creator of the year.

From BBC Dec. 3, 2024

This means you’ll have lots of peppers available for canning, pickling and serving roasted and stuffed to large groups of guests.

From Seattle Times May 8, 2024

Her job was to fill two bowls with fresh yogurt from the sacks hanging in the basement larder, where the floor was packed dirt, and where the old cook kept his pickling jars.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri




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