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stew

[stoo, styoo] / stu, stju /




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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

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

"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

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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