spoon
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It is best known for its unusually low melting point, which allows a gallium spoon to melt in a cup of hot tea.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Other items such as an Oxo wooden spoon set, a Le Creuset wine stopper and Wusthof shears - all bought on Amazon - were photographed inside the motorhome.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
She said she scared the bear away by screaming and banging a pot with a wooden spoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Using a wooden spoon, stir the lentils often to avoid burning them.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
I shove the spoon back into the near-empty cup and turn to face him on the stool.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Mike Piazza, the slugger expensively coached from boyhood in the modern manner, saw “the silver spoons of his youth smelted into the first of ten consecutive Silver Slugger awards.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
"Everything here is earned. At private schools the facilities are provided, but here there are no silver spoons, we have to put the work in."
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
But here’s the thing: there are nights when you don’t have the spoons to deal with a knife.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026
Ivorian schoolchildren crowd around masks, finely carved turtles, and ceremonial spoons once admired by visitors of Zurich's Rietberg Museum.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
She set out bowls and spoons and glasses of milk.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
They stood and screamed as one as Auger-Aliassime spooned a backhand long to confirm Djokovic's victory.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
You want pieces with edges, whites and yolks distinct, something that reads as intentional when spooned onto bread.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026
Whisked egg yolks and sugar get spooned on top, like a frothy, golden ambrosia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
We just lay there, spooned together, holding on as if stillness could save us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
“Ba, tell me the story about Fruitless Mountain again,” Minli would say as her mother spooned their plain rice into bowls.
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
New England-style lobster rolls weren’t always so plentiful in Los Angeles, and Connie & Ted’s offered some of the best and most consistent, spooning lobster shipped fresh from Gloucester, Mass., onto fluffy, griddled rolls.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
Don’t start spooning up coleslaw because you think it’ll stop you from getting cancer.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025
It felt perfectly complete to reach back into the fridge, take out the strained yogurt and balance out the dish by spooning some on top.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
There are a variety of reasons why even a couple who once used to fall asleep contentedly spooning — like my husband and I — now need to regulate their circadian rhythms differently.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2024
Billy Pilgrim had a boiling case of heartburn, since he had been spooning malt syrup all day long at work.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
