scoop
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Tom Cruise spends the movie running through New Jersey with two terrified kids while ash drifts through the streets and giant alien war machines scoop humans into dangling metal cages.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
The traditional Lao dipping sauces elevate nearly everything on the menu and taste just as good when you scoop them up with sticky rice.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
For a family of four, that comes to £7.80 for one scoop each - roughly half the equivalent cost in Porthmadog.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
This year it expects to hit similar levels, partly to scoop up talent when others are shying away, said Bruce Buchanan, its co-founder and chief executive.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
It was exciting to scoop out such prizes so easily, knowing they were all mine for a change, and my mouth watered at the feast I was going to have.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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