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pickle

[pik-uhl] / ˈpɪk əl /


VERB
preserve fruit or vegetable
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In Sabina Hahn’s spare, watercolor illustrations, the pickle is a burnished emerald green with round eyes and no mouth—which makes it all the more remarkable when it begins to speak.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Sarah Howden’s deadpan picture book asks, why not a pickle?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Then I remembered a Green Goddess recipe I’d made years ago that called for a generous splash of dill pickle brine.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

I mentioned this trick in my treatise on not wasting pickle juice, and the same logic applies here.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

“Quinzy’s in a pickle as well. I’m afraid you’re stuck playing the part, old chap.”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

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

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

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

From Salon Jul. 7, 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

The steep bill for the Buffalo wings, pickles and other items is part of a wrongful termination case that centers around wealth manager Brent Ryan Bodner.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

“Here are some sandwiches, pickles, cheese, a can of buttermilk.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

I like sprucing up my ramen with fresh bok choy, baby corn, spinach and pickled red onions.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

The Order: The open-face bagel sandwich with whitefish salad, mustard, pickled peppers and dill combines classic flavors with contemporary style.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 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

To Nancy, Mrs. Fayne's van always smelled like coleslaw and pickled tomatoes.

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene

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

“I have the passion of cooking, pickling, curing salamis, sausage, making wine in the fall. This is my life. I do this with my friends. It’s to my heart.”

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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