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stew

[stoo, styoo] / stu, stju /




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By naming the product of two mergers Skydance, David Ellison relegates two of Hollywood’s founding studios to a sub-brand stew and attempts to erase a bunch of controversial hires.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

The trophy is a giant version of the traditional wooden tool used for stirring porridge, thick soups, and stew.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Friends stew about rising costs, but I’m not feeling it much.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Anya sat at the table, poking at her stew with a spoon but not eating any.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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

Social-media creators have documented their own perpetual stews with names like “Stewtheus” and “Soupina.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 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

Green set up this new galley and was soon serving up hot stews, tea, and cocoa.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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

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

Inside the shell as the smoke clears is stewed lamb over a cream-filled Japanese pancake.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

“It’s chicken stewed in pomegranate juice and pureed walnuts,” she said.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

There’s comfort in sitting and stewing in your discontent.

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

It was a sweltering July afternoon last year and Redmond was sitting on the sofa in her Hollywood home stewing over how AI was nearly putting her out of business.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 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

Some people believed that Bobby was still stewing over the fact that he’d refused to play Karpov in 1975, and therefore was trying to belittle Karpov’s resulting match with Kasparov.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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