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pickle

[pik-uhl] / ˈpɪk əl /


VERB
preserve fruit or vegetable
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For every trending supplement, there is an unprocessed, wholefood alternative – from the anti-inflammatory benefits of turmeric, staving off cramp with pickle juice or consumption of high-nitrate foods like beetroot before competition.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

I like this recipe in particular because if the farmers market has otherwise failed you, there is a decent chance the pickle table has not.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

And we highlight why American tourists and pickle products are everywhere this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

It seems that just about everything comes in a pickle flavor now.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Because Charlie could be a pickle, I say, “Sorry, dude,” before I bite into it.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

The official Telegram account on X posted a photo Wednesday morning of Durov giving the middle finger over a heaping plate of pickles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

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

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

His pickles take three to five days to prepare.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

It wasn’t enough to make the dressing taste like pickles, exactly.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

The pantry is shelved floor to ceiling with pickles and soup jars, molasses, put-up vegetables, and preserves.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

No matter what, I start with the pickled vegetables then I get one of the hamachi rolls.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

I took a bite of the buttery Texas toast and the crinkle-cut fries, then dipped them into the creamy, peppery Cane’s Sauce, which tasted something like pickled ranch.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

"We have ham, pickled garlic, tahini, and stinky tofu and liquor. Just below my office is a shop whose speciality is vodka, foie gras and apple in one scoop," says Yan.

From BBC Aug. 14, 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

On the sill were empty jars in which Tariq’s mother pickled eggplant and made carrot marmalade.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

Still, I thought Klapper might tell me to stop pickling, but he didn’t.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 1, 2026

While drying or pickling might preserve its taste, photography best preserves its beauty.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 16, 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

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

A tiny wizard in a nightcap at the rear of the bus muttered, “Not now, thanks, I’m pickling some slugs” and rolled over in his sleep.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling




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