stew
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Unordered prime rib from the hotel’s steakhouse goes into a stew at the buffet the next day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
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
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 stew tastes better after two hours than twenty minutes.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
Maggie can only identify half of their meals—tamales and burgers are easy, but there are also bowls filled with rice and what might be stew with cornbread.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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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
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
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"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
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
A piece of herring—pickled, stewed or fried—constituted a weekday treat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
But by then, they had already stewed on their Game 5 clunker long enough.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
Corn mush had to take the place of stewed possum, dumplings, and potatoes.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
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The English players were still stewing four minutes later when Maradona proved that he was more than just a cheat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
There’s comfort in sitting and stewing in your discontent.
From Salon ● May 30, 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
It speaks to our pickle as consumers that I have been stewing over this two-faced selling approach for weeks and am still not sure if I should want to stop it.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2025
Richard makes me a plate of plantain and oatmeal, since the salt fish is still stewing.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
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