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hamburger

[ham-bur-ger] / ˈhæmˌbɜr gər /


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He said his wife discovered her allergy only this spring when she “turned red as an Oompa Loompa” and went into anaphylaxis two hours after eating a hamburger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Patriotism became a word printed beside a hamburger, waiting for you to decide whether to say it.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

Rapport matters, and if you don’t have confidence in this guy when you are done politely grilling him like a hamburger on the Fourth of July, move on to someone who does.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Inflation has been creeping up since February, but your wallet will feel a lot lighter after you scan the hamburger, hot dogs, buns, and even the barbecue sauce for your America’s 250th birthday party.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

He got paid a dollar an hour and had a hamburger with french fries and a Coke every day.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

We’ve shipped enormous quantities of rump across the Pacific for ground beef for hamburgers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

But he just doodles pictures of hamburgers during those.

From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026

Spend enough years standing behind pyramids of hamburgers, posing at fry stations and inserting yourself into the iconography of American restaurant chains, and eventually the props begin to accrue meanings of their own.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

Some customers are leaving vegetables off hamburgers and sandwiches, but people are still ordering salads.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

Eggs and hamburgers and fries and ice cream and marmalade and Fruity Pebbles and cookies and broccoli, even—and noodles and sauce.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini


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