pickle
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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
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
And that is the pickle Intel is in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Formula 1 has clearly got itself in a bit of a pickle regarding the pit-lane speeding penalties in the Monaco Grand Prix.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
A clear soprano wafting over vinegar fumes and pickle vats.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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For example, "I love pickles. I know that if I eat too many pickles I'm gonna feel ill."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
If you didn’t know what FTD meant on the menu at the Hodad’s stands at Petco Park, the burger — with cheese, onion rings, pickles, mayonnaise and barbecue sauce — still was a good time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 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
The general formula is simple: chopped pickles, cream cheese or sour cream, herbs, ranch seasoning, maybe shredded cheese, all whipped together into something aggressively scoopable.
From Salon ● May 28, 2026
He just stood there, holding on to his jar of pickles.
From "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo
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I like sprucing up my ramen with fresh bok choy, baby corn, spinach and pickled red onions.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Add your chopped veggies, like Persian cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, pickled onions, mini sweet peppers, pepperoncini and Kalamata olives, along with washed and drained canned chickpeas.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
Chamoy similarly comes from Asia through pickled plums, particularly China via the Philippines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 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
Behind her on the kitchen table two parcels were tied up in napkins: cold fried chicken, a roasting ear, a jar each of pickled peaches for sure, and I don’t know what all.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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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
While drying or pickling might preserve its taste, photography best preserves its beauty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
If it’s a vegetable, I’m using it from seed to stem — pickling or fermenting some parts, stewing other parts and saving its cooking liquid for another use.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2025
"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
Or indeed, having been so luckily preserved, what good had her pickling accomplished for either herself or the world?
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
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