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slice

[slahys] / slaɪs /




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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

There are risks that she would have to include in any prospectus, including the economic backdrop and the likelihood that some dog-sitters do what she does, and take a slice of third parties’ pet-sitting fees.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

The path was really nothing more than a thin slice of trodden-down dirt between waist-high underbrush that sloped continually upward.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

As orders flood into the restaurant via online food delivery services and a walk-up window, a butcher slices through whole chickens while one cook flips thin slabs of steak and chicken on a grill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Tuna salad oozed out from between the slices of bread and clung to the plastic bag.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

In fact, it becomes so fork-tender that the meat can’t be sliced in a machine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The number of people missing in the catastrophic flood that sliced through the border area between Nepal and Tibet neared 3,000 on Saturday, as rescuers scoured deep, leg-sucking mud for survivors.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

So I sliced the kielbasa into coins, cut up one red pepper and one medium onion, tucked the whole thing into a reusable freezer bag and flattened it out.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

Evidence indicates many of the purchased books are sent to facilities where they are sliced up, scanned and destroyed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Irene’s voice sliced through my mind: Get her out of here!

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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

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

Poster boy Duncan Scott started the rush, defending his 200m individual medley gold from Birmingham four years ago by slicing a chunk off his own Games record.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

With a smartphone strapped to her head, Indian housewife Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself slicing mangoes to train AI-powered robots to take on household jobs in the future.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

There was no mistaking the curve of iron tracks slicing through the fertile earth.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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