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  • plural of spoon.
  • present tense form of spoon (3rd person singular).
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Armed with spoons, they test the samples in a rapid-fire process of slurping and spitting into metal sinks they call “spittoons.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

As the sun sank, neighbors began banging spoons on metal pots from inside their homes, the subtle but unmistakable clank of government protests.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 29, 2026

Ivorian schoolchildren crowd around masks, finely carved turtles, and ceremonial spoons once admired by visitors of Zurich's Rietberg Museum.

From Barron's Jan. 16, 2026

"No silver spoons in my hood, just empty pockets," he mused.

From BBC Jan. 8, 2026

We dipped spoons into the mixture and tasted it.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks




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