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stew

[stoo, styoo] / stu, stju /




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And at the end of a shift, he and his dysfunctional workplace family gather to share bowls of squid stew and taste the results of their work.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Not the exact recipe, but the form: toast, pasta, a frittata, a rice bowl, a substantial salad, perhaps a pot of soup or stew.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

The group’s primal musical stew came from thoroughly American ingredients: ragged blues, chugging rock, narcotic country and hoarse soul.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 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

“We’d better start on back if I’m going to tackle stew yet today.”

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

When dried and salted, guitarfish is used in soups and stews across Ghana.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

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

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

Sal stews morosely amid bursts of threatening belligerence that Sonny tries to tamp down.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

Our food would be cooked on the gas cooker inside the kitchen, but the metal tripods would balance the big pots that would cook rice and stews and soups for visitors.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I was hesitant to tell this story, and stewed over the potential risks I would be taking by telling it, but then I thought of the risk Steinem took.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

A little pasta water and a shower of Parmesan will turn blended squash, stewed greens, roasted red peppers — even broccoli — into something glossy and luxurious.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2026

Crucially, I discovered I wasn’t using nearly enough wine or cream when I stewed mushrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 26, 2025

But by then, they had already stewed on their Game 5 clunker long enough.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 2025

The smell of stewed meat rose above that of the old beer soaked into the floorboards and the walls and the ceiling.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

I considered basting the tomatoes in butter and stewing them down with miso until soft and glossy.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

Scurries, the high-school band director, was stewing over the data center in January.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Authorities allege in their brief that he was stewing over being in the neighborhood of his ex-lover and listening to a French rap song that evoked images of fire in its music video.

From Los Angeles Times May 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

Here they were only one month into a new school year in a new town, and Cara was already stirring the pot, stewing up trouble.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements




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