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sauce

[saws] / sɔs /


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Investigators found cash throughout his house, hidden in walls, containers of spaghetti sauce and a potted plant, according to authorities interviewed in the film.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The chicken pieces cook up light and crisp, while the sauce is a little bit of sticky heaven.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

The beans bring both flavor and fiber, the sausage adds richness and heat, and the spinach practically disappears into the sauce.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

“These days you often get a brown sauce substitute. You’ve got to take your own.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Edamame and wild rice in a bowl with tender squash topped with lii pwayr—saskatoon berries—in a thick sauce, almost a gravy?

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

A group of conservative German MEPs are also seeking a specific carve-out for meat names in snacks and sauces in separate legislation, external currently making its way through the European Parliament.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

They appear in sauces, salads, and cocktails, and even serve as colorful seasonal decorations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

It also started a fledgling offshoot, called Saucy by KFC, that serves tenders, sauces and drinks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

They have a great all-you-can-eat menu with really great meats and an assortment of sauces and condiments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

She had whipped cream, scooped tiny cakes from the baking tin, made ravioli, and stirred sauces.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

Ferrell said later that he was glad to be in the back row because it meant nobody behind him got sauced.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Cook, stirring often, until the shrimp are lightly sauced and opaque throughout.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

Crab Louie, created with seafood from the Chesapeake and sauced with what tastes like Thousand Island dressing, is stuffed into fragile, Lilliputian cones with creamy avocado mousse.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023

Mile 11 of Interstate 55, in Memphis, was sauced up.

From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2022

"That was good, but now I'd like a leg of Iamb. A whole leg, Just for me, sauced with mint and honey and cloves. Did you see any lambs?"

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

While explaining that the paper used to occupy the whole building, employing over 1000 people, our frenemy Ken remarks, “That’s absolutely insane, if I do say so myself,” saucing each word with condescension.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2025

Of this generous, very pretty platter, my only sorrow was an uneven saucing, leaving one side somewhat bereft of the overall excellence.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

Ms. Sarikaya laughed and then the two of them discussed whether to blanch noodles before saucing them; Ms. Olsen prefers a quick boil, while Ms. Sarikaya worries that it will leave the noddles too watery.

From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2017

But for the last couple of weeks, two guys known for making pizzas in Altadena have been frying and saucing excellent chicken wings out of a corner of the store. 

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2016

Then Albert Edward stumbled within and The O'Murphy hung about outside saucing the brass-collared Staff dogs and waiting to gather up what fragments remained of his chum's body after the General had done with it.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 6, 1917 by Various


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