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  • present tense form of spoon (3rd person singular).
  • plural of spoon.
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spoons



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As the sun sank, neighbors began banging spoons on metal pots from inside their homes, the subtle but unmistakable clank of government protests.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 29, 2026

As we speak, he gamely spoons chicken noodle soup into his mouth with a plastic spoon.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 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

There are some evenings where you, literally, just don’t have the spoons to deal with a knife.

From Salon Jan. 5, 2026

The only sounds in here are the slow, repetitive clanks of our spoons.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day




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