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Recent Examples of cob
How To Serve Boiled Corn on the Cob Corn on the cob purists will just add a little salt and butter and call it a day.
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Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 13 June 2024
Cut kernels from cobs, keeping ribs of kernels intact as much as possible to yield about 2 cups.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 14 Oct. 2024
Add corn cobs, cover, and boil until tender, 2 to 4 minutes.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 14 Oct. 2024
The corn is cooked in brown butter, and paired with a parmesan bomb of a broth created from leftover husks and cobs.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 13 June 2024
Cut kernels from cobs, keeping ribs of kernels intact as much as possible to yield about 2 cups.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 14 Oct. 2024
Add corn cobs, cover, and boil until tender, 2 to 4 minutes.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 14 Oct. 2024
The corn is cooked in brown butter, and paired with a parmesan bomb of a broth created from leftover husks and cobs.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cob
Noun
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One teammate started swiftly, only to get bucked off her steed at the final spin.—
Daniel Eduardo Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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As horse-girl fiction expanded into dragon-riding fiction over the past half century, this new interpretation of a steed and rider has continued to influence beauty-and-the-beast stories.—
Rebecca Scofield / Made by History,
TIME,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The jade is naturally cool to the touch, soothing from the get-go, and the rounded shape lends to relaxing, circular massaging.—
Allure,
Allure,
14 Apr. 2025
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The sentiment, written by Esther Simplot, is etched into a slab of green Hells Canyon jade at the entrance to the park’s Friendship Island.—
Dana Oland,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Apr. 2025
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Any critical observer of rodeos would’ve predicted that mare’s excruciatingly painful death.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2025
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There’s no better example of that than in the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic, featuring the unbeaten mare Zenyatta.—
Jay Posner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2025
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On Thursday morning, during the Wild’s optional morning skate, Hynes announced there’d be no lineup changes.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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While the Tinley rink’s website does not list any lessons, the owners began promoting skate lessons on Facebook following Glenwood’s closure.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Apr. 2025
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Garden centers have plugs available in nursery flats now.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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Detached palps act as both sperm delivery systems and physical mating plugs, blocking rival males from mating with the female.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The irony of that is that viewers know next season won’t be about ponies and rainbows.—
Sandra Gonzalez,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2025
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Celebrate the end of Ramadan with halal food vendors, pony rides, a multicultural bazaar and performance from Palestinian rapper MC Abdul.—
Nadia Lopez,
Axios,
3 Apr. 2025
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Ridley tries to warn her dad that what’s going on isn’t right, and Elliot finally realizes it late in the game, when the entitled and very bro-y Shepard Leopold (Will Poulter) uses Ridley and the dead foal as bait to capture the other unicorns.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2025
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Budweiser’s iconic Clydesdales are back in this Super Bowl spot which shows a foal determined to help with a delivery despite its youth.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Feb. 2025
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At the extravaganza, women also partake in folklórico dance, and Staci Diaz showcases her renowned stallion dance.—
Amanda Lopez,
NPR,
11 Jan. 2025
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Initially dedicated to breeding stallions within a regenerative livestock system, the ranch now supports a diverse ecosystem.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Cob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cob. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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