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ladle

[leyd-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

Desperate, I grabbed a plastic ladle from the kitchen to change the mojo.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 28, 2025

Only the dregs that the ladle cannot reach are tipped out and thrown into the garbage tins.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Inside, workers dipped ladles into buckets filled with soup that they poured into Styrofoam containers stuffed with rice to distribute to Haitians who have lost homes to gang violence.

From Seattle Times Mar. 15, 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

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

It has long tables, with red-and-white-checkered tablecloths, and its own lumberjack museum, with giant saws — and soup ladles befitting Paul Bunyan himself — hanging from the walls.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2022

Forks so small that they disappeared in Nailer’s hand, spoons so big and deep they could have been used as ladles at Chen’s grub shack where he served a hundred head at a time.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

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

Once ladled into low bowls, each serving got a single glossy egg yolk and a small drift of fresh lemon zest.

From Salon May 12, 2026

Then they ladled the liquid into small cups.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2025

I ladled warm water from the reservoir on the stove into an enamelware bowl, soaked a rag, wrung it out, and handed it to Chase.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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

Once those finish baking and cooling, prepare the mousse and work fast, ladling the mousse into the pan, lining the outside with the ladyfingers, and then stacking the cake layers, alternating with the mousse.

From Salon Nov. 24, 2022

He would cry out with rage when she stopped ladling, he would try to wrench the saucepan and spoon out of her hands, he would grab bits from his sister’s plate.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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