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sauce

[saws] / sɔs /


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The secret sauce of the economy has been an explosion in business investment.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Something punchy: Small bottles of white balsamic and red wine vinegar, hot sauce, good olive oil and soy sauce.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The dumplings are freshly made to order—for about $14 per very-generous portion—and served with a refreshing, cold garlic sauce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

They do this blue crab hand roll and they add some jalapeno and give you a ponzu sauce to dip it in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

They looked at Chicken, who made blub, blub, blub sounds as he motored french fry boats through the hot sauce lake.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

The new store in Duarte has a SushiOro, an in-store sushi market featuring rolls and signature sauces developed by Vallarta’s chefs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Foie gras is his favorite ingredient and a fixture on his menu -- used in his tartare presentation, to mount sauces, as a pate, and even for ice cream.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Choi’s advice was to go the other direction: blister them, puree them, drown them in vinegar or chili, add something sweet, blend them into sauces, make them taste like the foods you already crave.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

The No. 2 U.S. burger chain by sales has charged its corporate chef with upgrading the sauces, buns and packaging for its food.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The cheesy bread is awesome ’cause it comes with two dipping sauces.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

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

I’m also a fan of intentionally included frico, like small crisps interspersed throughout a delicately sauced pasta or a green salad that has crunchy bits of frico all throughout for texture, color and flavor.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2025

The capers themselves are fried to create a crisp garnish for the sauced asparagus.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 12, 2023

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

From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2022

"Her page. She invites you to sup with her again. There's to be a haunch of venison, she says, a brace of stuffed geese sauced with mulberries, and—" "—her daughter," Tyrion finished sourly.

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

You're a good fellow, Philip, and I beg your pardon for saucing you.

From A Great Emergency and Other Tales by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing


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