slice
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An outrageous score, with an outrageous slice of luck presuming Carreras was gambling to get anything on the ball, rather than plotting that particular flightpath.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
“Taste it,” he says, handing over a slice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
When I was the head baker at my local homeless shelter, I baked it hundreds of times and saw how one slice, served on a paper plate, could become a catalyst for dialogue.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
As private label grabs a bigger slice of the retail market, the older, bigger consumer packaged-goods makers are now left with a choice: beat the retailers or join them.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
She could whittle a slice of wood to fit it—and pack it securely with mutowa sap and wild cotton fiber.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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The researchers combined electrical stimulation with rapid freezing to capture tiny membrane changes in mouse and human brain slices.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
I spoke to one of the boat staff, Alessio, after he had finished handing round slices of watermelon to the clientele.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
From Leonardo DiCaprio’s 104-acre escape off the coast of Belize to Johnny Depp’s idyllic Bahamian getaway, these stars have spent millions securing their own slices of paradise.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
He once ordered three 4x4 burgers from In-N-Out, which is four beef patties and four slices of cheese.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
They lined the underbelly of the building’s colossal cathedral ceiling like glowing slices of pie.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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So does the jamón ibérico, which is sliced tableside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Then, one by one, the bags were sliced open, and the sand spilled back onto the beach where it had come from.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The number of people missing in the catastrophic flood that sliced through the border area between Nepal and Tibet exceeded 3,000 on Sunday, as rescuers searched for survivors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Anthony Elanga sliced through Liverpool for the first then six of Iraola's team stood idly by as Yoane Wissa and Joe Willock combined for the second.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
It sliced through the prairie grass, upturning a two-foot ribbon of chocolate-colored earth.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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In surveillance video, the men are seen slicing the depiction of Jesus at the ankles and carting it away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
“We were slicing it at the photoshoot, hoping it was edge to edge red,” he said, “That was the first time we made it.”
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
The company is even investigating lasers and ultrasound as potentially speedier methods of slicing pizzas than a traditional knife blade.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The slicing and dicing of available tables can mean there are only so many seats at the most sought-after establishments, begetting a sense of scarcity at the highest levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The woman froze mid-hack and gave Nok a stinky look before slicing off the bird's leg.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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