as in submarine
a large sandwich on a long split roll
ordered a meatball grinder from the beach's concession stand
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Recent Examples of grinder
But seriously, this pepper grinder topped our list for good reason.
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Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 May 2025
In 2016, a contractor working on a trailer parked at the department’s Tactics and Survival Training Center sparked a blaze while using a metal grinder.
—Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Process all ingredients in a spice grinder until finely ground and powdery, about 30 seconds.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 May 2025
Set in rural Norway, Still Breathing follows four young hospital interns — Petra, Joakim, Ashan, and Kissy — thrown into the relentless grinder of emergency medicine.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 27 May 2025
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Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 May 2025
In 2016, a contractor working on a trailer parked at the department’s Tactics and Survival Training Center sparked a blaze while using a metal grinder.
—Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Process all ingredients in a spice grinder until finely ground and powdery, about 30 seconds.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 May 2025
Set in rural Norway, Still Breathing follows four young hospital interns — Petra, Joakim, Ashan, and Kissy — thrown into the relentless grinder of emergency medicine.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grinder
Noun
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Relocating houses, streets and even a submarine around the city.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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Over the course of that brief, concentrated period, U-boats sank 56 Allied ships and damaged another 14, losing just one of their own submarines in the process.—
Asia London Palomba,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 June 2025
Noun
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Or, optimistically speaking, an opportunity in search of a hero.—
Joanne Frederick,
Baltimore Sun,
4 June 2025
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But your hero section should have a singular focus with a compelling, unmistakable call to action.—
Daria Gonzalez,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
Noun
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But for a time, Rush seemed to have been successful — even as internal warnings mounted that his sub would ultimately fail.—
Adam Carlson,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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What surfaces time and again in the documentary, though, is that carbon fiber was never the right material for a deep-ocean sub.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
11 June 2025
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But its domination has already been raked by the torpedoes from another threat.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Austin Wells homered later in the inning, and the Yankees ultimately won, 20-9, while clubbing a franchise-record nine home runs with a lineup full of torpedo bats.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Grinder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grinder. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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