pie
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The chain is set to introduce this month a rectangular pie geared toward individual orders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Tucking into pie, mash and liquor is the latest family to migrate to the Essex coast.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
She found her acting sweet spot with the film “Waitress,” where her pie server/baker character was also that later Russell specialty, a woman with secrets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
It worked to pare down menus and offer dinner deals, and rolled out items like slow-braised pot roast and hash-brown casserole shepherd’s pie.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
I knew a peach pie was waiting on the windowsill.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Meanwhile, the southern pied babbler does not, in fact, merely babble.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
And when she got pied in the face at a press conference in Iowa—her instant response: “At least it’s a fruit pie”—a whole bunch of Americans reveled in her comeuppance.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2025
“I took on this odd role of being the pied piper of bocce,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2024
Smith oozes upside, and he’s passionate about the Ducks — a bonus in that he could be a pied piper who attracts other recruits.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
“You are a pied ninny,” said Danny Hupfer.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
Political pieing, too, had its moment in the sun during the second half of the 20th century.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2024
This idea echoes a term once used to describe pieing: “carnival humor.”
From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2022
The BBB was a big part of this political pieing movement, which began in 1970 and grew to involve activists around the world, until it petered out around 2011.
From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2022
The philosophy was simple: use pieing as a way to hold people that the BBB saws as destructive accountable—and raise awareness of their misdeeds.
From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2022
Thomas hadn't invented pieing, but his contributions to the art were seminal.
From Super Man and the Bug Out by Cory Doctorow
