stew
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Maradona and eventual champion Argentina eliminated England 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup, leaving the Brits to stew over their link to a soccer legend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Others argue that’s impossible given the constant fuel required to keep a stew boiling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
With little energy available to disrupt it, the omega pattern can persist for days -- or weeks -- allowing heat to stew and temperatures to intensify beneath it.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
A spoonful whisked into a skirt steak stew can make it taste as though it simmered well past dinnertime.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
Even worse smells wafted from the waterway that cradled the Yards’ southern edge, a festering stew of blood and guts that bubbled like a cauldron.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
In Burbank, family-run Tun Lahmajo delves into Armenian homestyle dishes, including flatbreads, cold salads, roasted meats, a range of soups and herbed stews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Social-media creators have documented their own perpetual stews with names like “Stewtheus” and “Soupina.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Tall ones for soups, stews and curries tucked into the freezer.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2026
He says he cooks chillis and stews to take to work, avoids impulse purchases and tries to keep spending on a night out below £20.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
In our tenement there were families who spilled in and out of each other’s apartments, sharing child care and stews.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
“Mine is usually some version of everything stewed with whatever carbs I have left,” writes another Redditor.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
Inside the shell as the smoke clears is stewed lamb over a cream-filled Japanese pancake.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
As he stewed, Tesla’s rivals have been preparing for a robot future of their own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025
But by then, they had already stewed on their Game 5 clunker long enough.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
They turned back, and when the schoolteacher arrived home, his wife stewed the antelope meat, and everyone in the family ate it.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
The pair were disappointed and upset by the state of the world, and after a few years of stewing, Kugel and Montoya got started on a second album.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
But Auriemma suggested that he’d been stewing since before the opening tipoff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
"I wrote it on Monday because I'd been stewing in anger about ICE," Terrell posted on Instagram, adding he was stunned by the reception it received.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
His macho barbs are always expressed via iPhone, and all carry the unmistakable stench of a guy coming up with what he wanted to say in an argument hours later, while stewing in the shower.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2025
Smoke snaked from the chimney of the cookhouse, and the smells of stewing pork and fresh bread wafted from its narrow door.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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