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Shredded rotisserie chicken, swiped with Boursin and tucked into the puff pastry you “always keep in the freezer” in case someone drops by with Champagne?

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

They are petards, locally called kaxxa spanjola, designed to make noise and a small puff of smoke without anything visible in the sky.

From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026

Perhaps he should puff out his chest and stop sharing the microphone with his OKC teammates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

"I took the first puff," he adds with a laugh.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Glenn had stuck the puff adder in the drawer and sawed the plank to be Tansy’s hero?

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

The pommes dauphine — crispy, cheesy potato puffs paired with a rich Gruyère dipping sauce — were equally memorable.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

Tolkan was also well known for drilling Maverick and Goose with swift reprimands and tough love between puffs of his cigar as their commanding officer, Tom “Stinger” Jardian, in the 1986 blockbuster “Top Gun.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

Grandfather, who puffs on Gauloises cigarettes, resembles Baroness Orczy’s Old Man in the Corner, an armchair detective who solves crimes from the confines of a London tea shop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

The naan is then placed in a very hot tandoor until it puffs up and brown spots appear.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025

Misha snorted, sending puffs of white air into the cold night.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Her mother was one of 2,075 brides wearing the “Blessing Dress,” a white polyester and satin gown with puffed sleeves and a modest high neckline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

"They huffed and puffed in the second half. It was improved, but not good enough."

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025

"We found huge variation: some galaxies are beginning to settle into ordered rotation, but most are still chaotic, with gas puffed up and moving in all directions."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2025

As the Yantar pulled into its final stop in Kaliningrad, and the doors unsealed for the final time, he puffed up: "We fear nothing. We are brave."

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025

Her footfalls slapped Listening Rock and her breath puffed her cheeks in and out.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

He eventually entered to find his boss, Winston Churchill, and Gen. Charles de Gaulle, the leader of the Free French, puffing cigars and “sitting side by side with amiable expressions on their faces.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

“She’s Captain America,” Bowe said, puffing out her chest and sitting up straighter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026

"Huffing and puffing at the back of the court is not the way these proceedings are done," said the unimpressed judge.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025

For air-fried burgers, flatten your patties as much as possible and press an indentation in the center to prevent them from puffing up.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2025

Jack’s grandfather asked him, puffing on a new pipe made of solid gold.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley