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[stoo, styoo] / stu, stju /




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Red wine vinegar is wonderful with hearty lentil, bean and farro soups, and I love it in beef stew.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

"For us Hungarians, paprika is a wonder," one of the competitors, local fast-food restaurant owner Imre Zseni said, while stirring a beef stew.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

With the extended international break coming up, they have three weeks to stew on this latest defeat.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Instead of encouraging me to stew in my own mean-spirited juices, the AI asked me a bunch of questions that slowly led me to reflect on what I liked and respected about Little Miss Flaky.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

A giggly local patted Samir on the back and waved at the innkeep for another round of lamb stew and pear cider.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

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

Beatrice Ziaty, for example, liked to make spicy stews, but she cut back on the peppers whenever Luma was coming over because she knew the coach couldn’t handle the spicy food.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

Beloved for its mildly sweet, nutty flavour and velvety texture, it later evolved into a party food, consumed as a jam or stewed with sticky rice balls in coconut milk.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

"We have jerk pork, we have rice and peas, we have jerk chicken, curry goat, stewed chicken, fried dumpling and plantain," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

“Mine is usually some version of everything stewed with whatever carbs I have left,” writes another Redditor.

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

In 2022, during Roach’s 23-win run, many viewers stewed over the champ’s chatty asides and mannerisms, especially Roach’s way of talking with their hands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

There were great loaves of brown bread, mounds of turnips and sweetcom and pease, immense hams and roast geese and trenchers dripping full of venison stewed with beer and barley.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 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

We subsidize highways to the tune of $32 billion a year, only to sit on them stewing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025

She felt like a volcano bubbling and stewing underneath the surface.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake


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