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ladle

[layd-l] / ˈleɪd l /
NOUN
scoop
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The beef noodle soup, which accounts for about 80% of orders, contains noodles, beef, one ladle of original stock and one ladle of fresh broth to dilute the stock’s intense flavor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

You cannot bail out the Titanic with a soup ladle.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

At the annual championships in Groningen, amateur and professional chefs from the Netherlands and beyond compete for the top prize in both categories -- a coveted silver ladle.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

Brothy soups and hearty stews Stock up on sturdy deli containers and ladle them full of nourishing soups and stews.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2026

The person offering her the ladle was white.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

Kristofferson never sounded more like Leonard Cohen than he did here, rhapsodizing in a parched croon about a woman’s redeeming devotion as producer Fred Foster ladles on just the right amount of easy-listening schmaltz.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024

To top it off, I drizzled a little raita yogurt, then green chutney using the tips of their ladles.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2024

In it, nutty-tasting farro is given the risotto treatment, cooked gradually in ladles full of hot broth until it is enveloped in creaminess, and the grain is tender but retains its enticing chew.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2022

It’s womb-like and astral, and Lustwerk’s talk-raps, which he casually ladles throughout, are like reassuring commands.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

The spoons they gave us were big old metal soup ladles, which I knew would never fit into my mouth.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Many remain convinced a tsunami could yet strike, he said, as government aid workers ladled rice porridge into bowls for the evacuees.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

President ladled his usual flattery on Mr. Xi as a “great” and “powerful” leader, and said the two are now fast friends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

A communal kitchen ladled out potato soup for their dinner.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2025

Then they ladled the liquid into small cups.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025

I ladled some onion soup into a bowl and sipped.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

A few metres away, his mother Beatrice was busy ladling out and flipping crepes spread from brim to brim with a generous layer of chocolate-hazelnut spread.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

Serra had created it by splashing and ladling a pot of molten lead against the base of the wall.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

The women, ladling out stew and potatoes with frozen hands, scoffed at the idea that the police could stop the crossings.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023

Then, and only then, does Smith fry the patty, obsessively ladling rendered beef fat over the meat until the surface caramelizes to wring out that Maillard reaction.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

The men ladling the soup were prisoners too, and sometimes one of them would take pity on me, stir the bottom of the pot, and put a real piece of potato into my bowl.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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