ham
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We have the summer season passes and we just go ham.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Last year the ham was claimed, although there have been years when no-one has managed to scale the pole successfully.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Grab a pineapple bun stuffed with ham and butter, a corned beef egg tart, a sourdough one, even pistachio.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
"It would be like smoked ham," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
He held out a hand as big as a whole ham.
From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen
Olives, hams and sausages, tinned seafood, fresh loaves, classic Spanish cheeses.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
ChatGPT said she’d need to make two turkeys, two hams and six pies to feed all those guests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
Of course there were blankets, water bottles, clothing, masks and hygiene products, but also grab-and-go salads, squeezable snacks for kids, candy, crates of fresh vegetables, protein and grain bars, even honey-baked hams and queen-sized mattresses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
There is a pleasing calm to her delivery that stands out in a scene of fidgety hams.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
Polly looked around, but the smokehouse was so dark that she could distinguish only the shadowy figures of a couple of hams hanging from hooks.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
Now their AI capability, however obscure, is hammed up.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024
We don’t know if Nguyễn Phú Trọng, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, was briefed on the age discussion in advance, but he really hammed it up for the press.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2023
“He landed funny on his knee and hammed his hip, and we were really worried about it,” Carroll said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
He offered no introduction beyond theatrically raised eyebrows and a teasing smile, and he swayed and hammed it up until people started laughing and dancing in line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
Several sailors did imitations of Cockney boys begging for a treat as Marston hammed it up as an ice cream vendor.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Equally, you might not have believed her for a second, and thought she was hamming up her pain because it's all gone wrong.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
He performed badly in sports and in school, but was a decent singer and could get a chuckle hamming it up in the school play.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2025
Was it necessary to have the head coach of the Warriors and a former Bulls shooting guard hamming it up on the party’s biggest night?
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2024
Regardless, he was having a grand time with his friends, hamming it up for pictures.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2022
“And the ladies,” I say, hamming it up even more.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
