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"If they have even a shred of honour, the first thing they should do would be to stop the negotiations," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Those who wrote to her “often clung to every possible shred of plausible deniability.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Because they arrive fully trimmed, they can go straight into a low, slow smoke or a gentle braise, where the collagen breaks down into gelatin and the meat becomes tender enough to shred.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

Then he does something worse: He allows his guilt to shred his integrity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

Slowly he feasted off them to the last shred, and then, satisfied, stretched himself out across the cavern and slept.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Apparently, when it comes to shreds and zest, I possess the object permanence of a baby.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

The departure of Ohtani for zero prospects, zero young stars, nobody … seriously damaged the remaining shreds of trust between their many loyal fans and the team.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026

I swirled a half-cup around the crust and dolloped it with fat shreds of fresh mozzarella and torn basil leaves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Everybody’s scrambling to find any facts about the guy, finding out where he studied, what he said, and not finding out very much at all, really grasping at small shreds of detail.

From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2026

It was the only thing he wore that was not in shreds.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

Federal health officials have linked one outbreak to shredded iceberg lettuce from a Mexican supplier for Taco Bell restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

In July, FDA traceback and epidemiological evidence linked shredded iceberg lettuce produced by Taylor Farms to a major Cyclospora outbreak.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

We would loiter, mostly, and eat the shredded beef nachos that I still think about to this day while the plastic of our high-top Converse grilled on the scalding asphalt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

The food-safety issues have included the nation’s largest-ever cyclospora outbreak, which was linked to shredded iceberg lettuce.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

One wore a raggedy silken gown that looked like it had once been white, the other wore a stained grey suit too large for it, the sleeves of which were shredded into shadowy tatters.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

Even Rodrigo’s backing band, full of absolutely shredding women instrumentalists, played beside her on equal footing for exquisitely tasteful, post-punky revisions of songs across her three albums.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Getting rid of stuff is something we do nearly every week, through donating, trashing and shredding.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

Commercial processing can magnify certain food-safety risks, including chopping and shredding in large facilities where a single contaminated leaf can mix with other produce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Start by shredding your rotisserie chicken into the bag.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

Now, though, he was methodically shredding his napkin into evenly square pieces.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway