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plump

[pluhmp] / plʌmp /


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I try the pork and corn pot-stickers with XO scallop sauce, plump, garlicky, fast.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

The sun is out, again, and the grapes are plump and plentiful.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

There, crawling on eight legs across the white sheets toward us, sporting a single dot on its back, was a deep-red, plump tick.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

A taste of New England in West Hollywood, it quickly became known for fried clams and chowders harkening to Cimarusti’s Rhode Island childhood and plump lobster rolls filled with never-frozen lobster.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

Baby Joe with his plump cheeks, whose refuge I’d been when others had no time for him, who had tended faithfully to me when I was sick, might even have saved my life!

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Over the past half-century, as breeders selected for larger ears with more numerous and plumper, heavier kernels, they ended up choosing big plants with many leaves for photosynthesis and tall stalks.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 25, 2023

Speculation around the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star’s face and figure began in 2014, when fans noticed that Jenner seemingly had plumper lips.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

Probably an orange/lemon hybrid, Meyer lemons have a lot less of an acid base than ordinary lemons, and they tend to look a little plumper.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2023

Other wet-brining detractors state that though it results in a plumper bird, this extra moisture is mostly just water that dilutes the flavor of the meat – even when aromatics are included.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2021

Octavia comes up and pats Venia’s back soothingly, her curvy body looking plumper than usual next to Venia’s thin, angular, one.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Fat bear week starts today, that glorious autumn tradition when anyone with an internet connection can vote for the plumpest brown bear in Alaska’s Katmai National Park.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2022

To guarantee the first, seek out local peaches, which have been tree-ripened — they've spent more time growing to their fullest, plumpest size and are harvested just before being brought to market.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2021

And it was there that an Islamic State soldier, one of the thousands who ruled the plains of northern Iraq, walked by and pointed to Mr. Imad’s plumpest chicken.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2018

The oysters in the Hudson River around the Statue of Liberty are some of the plumpest and fastest growing Crassostrea virginica in the whole of New York harbor.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2016

When the platter of steaming crabs was passed around, Waverly was first and she picked the best crab, the brightest, the plumpest, and put it on her daughter’s plate.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan




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