plate

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Remove to a plate, leaving drippings in the pan.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

A six-minute egg is soft, custardy, a little luxurious — something you eat with toast, standing at the counter, yolk pooling gold across the plate.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

It was spotted on license plate readers in Globe, Ariz., at about 6:30 p.m. local time.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

This year, pitchers, catchers and hitters can appeal umpires’ calls at home plate to a machine equipped with technology that can accurately track the ball’s location to within a fraction of an inch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The Boy Finnegan didn’t like the way Danny ate everything on his dinner plate, even the smelly cauliflower, because then Mother Finnegan said, “Why can’t you be more like Danny?”

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova