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potato

[puh-tay-toh, -tuh] / pəˈteɪ toʊ, -tə /
NOUN
vegetable
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From Burbank to West Covina, lines tend to form out the door at each of the chain’s locations, with patrons ordering boxes of their signature potato balls, cheese rolls and other pastries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Think of the logic of salt-and-vinegar potato chips: starch loves that sharp little counterpoint.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The menu, such as it is, is largely restricted to Lidl potato chips, yet plenty of people walk through the doors, lured by the novelty of seating that resembles shopping carts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

For years, it has been China's official "potato capital".

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Bake this comforting casserole in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes, or until the potato chips are lightly browned.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

The first minister welcomed Burnham's recent announcement that he wanted to secure better trade terms with the EU for producers of salmon, shellfish, and seed potatoes.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Poor families that could afford only potatoes would have nothing to fall back on when the crop gave out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Those savings are not small potatoes: The skin substitutes cost taxpayers billions, and the figure has risen dramatically since before the pandemic.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Building on last week’s lesson, this soup starts in the oven, where carrots, sweet potatoes, scallions, miso, hot honey and a deliberately assertive amount of spice get deeply caramelized before ever meeting the stockpot.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Fred still had more—food that he had hidden in the barn—and when we took even that away he began to steal tomatoes and potatoes from the garden.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen


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