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"Duane kills with kitchen tongs, an eggbeater , an iron. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 May 2021",
"Four years ago, Jennie Fogarty\u2019s granddaughter Claire asked for an eggbeater for Christmas. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Feb. 2021",
"There is some speculation that the currents flowing around wind farms could turn into a giant eggbeater , mixing warm surface water into the cold pool, but that hasn\u2019t been shown in any direct field observations, Miles says. \u2014 Eric Niiler, Wired , 11 Mar. 2021",
"As with mousetraps, inventors tweaked and improved the eggbeater over the decades. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Feb. 2021",
"Paul drew Teeny\u2019s onto kitchen objects: an eggbeater bike, little kids on dixie cups, a dog leash and collar as a swing. \u2014 Elizabeth Isadora Gold, Longreads , 2 Oct. 2020",
"Too bad the little motor feels like an eggbeater with too many eggs in its basket. \u2014 Tony Assenza, Car and Driver , 30 June 2020",
"From 1850 onward, eggbeaters became a veritable obsession in the American household. \u2014 Ben Huberman, Longreads , 3 Nov. 2019",
"Whip chilled Jell-O mixture with an eggbeater until fluffy and thick. \u2014 Philip Potempa, Post-Tribune , 16 Mar. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For Snoop Noggy Nog, de Soto kicked classic eggnog up a few notches\u2014and gave it a dope name for an extra dose of holiday merriment. \u2014 Megan Murphy, Robb Report , 21 Dec. 2021",
"This elevated take on traditional eggnog is sure to be a crowd pleaser this season. \u2014 Megan Murphy, Robb Report , 21 Dec. 2021",
"The vegan eggnog can be refrigerated for up to 3 days. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Alexandre Family Farms in Crescent City, California, uses A2 milk to make its top-selling eggnog . \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Heck, maybe Travis Barker just didn't want to spill his eggnog and found a creative solution! \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Meantime, Happy Reading and Happy Holidays! Special thanks and a glass of eggnog to my friends at Impact International and MediaWorks, especially Owen Marshall, for suggesting this topic. \u2014 Mark Nevins, Forbes , 22 Dec. 2021",
"No, it\u2019s not about remembering to double up on our statins before chugging the eggnog . \u2014 Tom Nichols, The Atlantic , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Don\u2019t take my word for it\u2014people have been writing ecstatically about aging eggnog since George Washington was in short pants. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 14 Dec. 2021"
"Add soy sauce-vinegar mixture and toss with eggplant and mushrooms to coat. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Feb. 2022",
"In a medium bowl, toss the eggplant with the sugar, cocoa and half of the olive oil. \u2014 The View, ABC News , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The first important step is crucial - cut the eggplant into slices and put them under a thick layer of coarse salt for a couple of hours. \u2014 Benjamin Liong Setiawan, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The eggplant can be grilled and refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 3 days. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Sep. 2021",
"When all of the eggplant has been fried, carefully pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the oil into a heat-proof bowl and return the pan to medium-high heat. \u2014 Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 July 2021",
"Our first eggplant became tempura, along with green beans and zucchini blossoms. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 July 2021",
"Don\u2019t be afraid to get a good char on the eggplant . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 July 2021",
"Return the eggplant and zucchini to the pan and bring to a boil. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After years when Acuras tended to look like either gussied up Hondas or overwrought attempts to stand out \u2014 who else remembers the brand-wide nose job that looked like a baby bird\u2019s egg tooth ",
"After years when Acuras tended to look like either gussied up Hondas or overwrought attempts to stand out \u2014 who else remembers the brand-wide nose job that looked like a baby bird\u2019s egg tooth ",
"After years when Acuras tended to look like either gussied up Hondas or overwrought attempts to stand out \u2014 who else remembers the brand-wide nose job that looked like a baby bird\u2019s egg tooth ",
"After years when Acuras tended to look like either gussied up Hondas or overwrought attempts to stand out \u2014 who else remembers the brand-wide nose job that looked like a baby bird\u2019s egg tooth ",
"After years when Acuras tended to look like either gussied up Hondas or overwrought attempts to stand out \u2014 who else remembers the brand-wide nose job that looked like a baby bird\u2019s egg tooth ",
"After years when Acuras tended to look like either gussied up Hondas or overwrought attempts to stand out \u2014 who else remembers the brand-wide nose job that looked like a baby bird\u2019s egg tooth ",
"After years when Acuras tended to look like either gussied up Hondas or overwrought attempts to stand out \u2014 who else remembers the brand-wide nose job that looked like a baby bird\u2019s egg tooth ",
"After years when Acuras tended to look like either gussied up Hondas or overwrought attempts to stand out \u2014 who else remembers the brand-wide nose job that looked like a baby bird\u2019s egg tooth "
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An egg timer or stopwatch can be a valuable addition to your workspace. \u2014 Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Duritsa sets an egg timer for 20 minutes to research content suitable for sharing. \u2014 Janine Maclachlan, Forbes , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Made from food-safe poly resin, the egg timer changes color to show you how well done your food will be. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 11 June 2021",
"After receiving the vaccine, a patient is given an egg timer set for 15 minutes and is told to wait until the time is up before leaving the center. \u2014 Laura Bednar, cleveland , 29 Mar. 2021",
"Schranck, 33, played Mario as a kid in Missouri so much that his mom set an egg timer to limit his gameplay in the mornings before school. \u2014 Anne Mccarthy, Wired , 21 Mar. 2021",
"At Valenti\u2019s Delicatessen and Marketplace in St. Charles, Mo., an egg timer rings every 15 minutes. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2020",
"And there was definitely no sitting around for hours watching the bride open gifts, while fawning over spatulas and egg timers . \u2014 Woman's Day , 21 Sep. 2019",
"When the egg timer goes off, immediately drain the eggs and transfer them to the ice water. 2 When the eggs are cool enough to handle, peel and cut in half. \u2014 Genevieve Ko, latimes.com , 18 June 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Farmacy believes the original egg cream really was made with egg. \u2014 Rachel Ringler, sun-sentinel.com , 16 June 2021",
"An egg cream was my father\u2019s kitchen claim to fame. \u2014 Rachel Ringler, sun-sentinel.com , 16 June 2021",
"Randall begrudgingly gives his father the gift of his perfect day: driving a cool car while wearing a new pair of shades, sipping on his favorite drink (an egg cream ) with the music up and the windows down. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, Vulture , 26 May 2021",
"The league holds an All-Star game to reward top players while also recognizing teams and participants at an end-of-season barbeque, which includes hot dogs and egg cream . \u2014 Alex Kushel, sun-sentinel.com , 29 Apr. 2021",
"After that second visit, I was hopelessly hooked on the lobster roll and egg creams . \u2014 Steve West, sun-sentinel.com , 27 Sep. 2019",
"Raise an empty glass if your palate tingles recalling the bygone taste of a Brooklyn egg cream . \u2014 Steve West, sun-sentinel.com , 27 Sep. 2019",
"Ma\u2019am Sir will include cocktails inspired by egg creams , brown cows and lime rickeys. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Oct. 2019",
"There\u2019s an egg cream ($4) too, which contains neither egg nor cream, but Fox\u2019s u-bet chocolate syrup and milk, and in a Pilsen-friendly twist, Topo Chico mineral water replacing traditional seltzer. \u2014 Michael Nagrant, RedEye Chicago , 3 Dec. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Miss Manners lives in dread of the time when there may be no such artifacts and she will be left staring at her eggcup and perhaps at people who are staring at their devices. \u2014 Judith Martin, Washington Post , 20 Aug. 2019",
"Miss Manners lives in dread of the time when there may be no such artifacts and she will be left staring at her eggcup , and perhaps at people who are staring at their devices. \u2014 Judith Martin, The Mercury News , 20 Aug. 2019",
"For a breakfast or lunch table, fill eggcups with daisies, and place one cup at each setting. 2. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, Good Housekeeping , 7 May 2015",
"For a breakfast or lunch table, fill eggcups with daisies, and place one cup at each setting. 2. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, Good Housekeeping , 7 May 2015"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There was also a second type of eggshell from an undetermined species that showed signs of cooking during a much narrower time frame. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 27 May 2022",
"Fearing even more electoral backlash, party leaders have instead responded with cautious eggshell -stepping, petrified of alienating voters any further\u2014the political equivalent of playing dead. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 18 May 2022",
"Once an eggshell \u2019s protective coat wears off, the shell becomes porous and absorbs more air. \u2014 Susan Selasky, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
"New types of stone and bone tools became common, and people began fashioning and exchanging ostrich eggshell beads. \u2014 Elizabeth Sawchuk, The Conversation , 23 Feb. 2022",
"New types of stone and bone tools became common, and people began fashioning and exchanging ostrich eggshell beads. \u2014 Elizabeth Sawchuk, The Conversation , 23 Feb. 2022",
"But a study of more than 1,000 fossilized Papua New Guinea eggshell fragments has suggested the birds were deliberately hatched. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 17 Apr. 2022",
"New types of stone and bone tools became common, and people began fashioning and exchanging ostrich eggshell beads. \u2014 Elizabeth Sawchuk, The Conversation , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Herpetologist Craig Pelke has been beaming like a proud new father for about a month now, ever since the first of 10 baby Komodo dragons broke through its eggshell at the San Antonio Zoo. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Sep. 2021",
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"His thoughts are contained within four eggshell -white walls, the only connection to the outside world a window above his desk. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Let\u2019s try this again: Imagine the color of cream cheese, that off-white, almost yellowish or eggshell white hue that graces our bagels and our cheesecakes in dense, creamy swirls. \u2014 SI.com , 20 Oct. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Each room also contains mahogany crown molding in the egg and dart pattern, a characteristic of early 20th century design. \u2014 Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com , 2 June 2018"
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"Unlike the main repository of nuclear DNA, the mitochondria are like hundreds of thousands of branch libraries of genetic information floating around in the cytoplasm of a human egg cell . \u2014 Stephen S. Hall, Wired , 11 Mar. 2021",
"The team\u2019s method involved removing the nucleus from a Scottish Blackface sheep\u2019s egg cell and electroshocking it with a mammary gland cell from a Finn Dorset sheep to enable the two to fuse. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
"There isn\u2019t a surviving mammoth genome that\u2019s complete enough to implant directly into an egg cell , so cloning is out of the question. \u2014 Matt Reynolds, Wired , 9 Feb. 2022",
"When a cell divides in two to make an egg cell , the other half becomes a polar body, which contains a near-identical copy of DNA. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 28 Oct. 2021",
"The cell is from a hydatidiform mole, a kind of reproductive growth that represents an extremely early, unviable union between a sperm and an egg cell that has no nucleus. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 3 June 2021",
"In 1996, researchers at the Roslin Institute cloned a cell taken from the mammary gland of a 6-year-old Finn Dorset sheep and an egg cell taken from a Scottish blackface sheep, and the result was Dolly. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 May 2021",
"Using this method, the team hooked a protein called folate receptor 4 that is found on the surface of the mouse egg cell . \u2014 Erika Check Hayden, Scientific American , 18 Apr. 2014",
"This method is faster than those that involve altering sperm or egg cells . \u2014 Simon Makin, Scientific American , 14 May 2020"
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"Charlie says German cockroaches (the most common kind in the country) can hold up to 90 nymphs per egg case . \u2014 Danielle Tullo, House Beautiful , 13 July 2021",
"By loading Ninja Flex into a 3D printer, Williams-Guillen could build an egg case that was flexible, yet strong. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 5 Oct. 2020",
"Inspectors observed live roaches in all life cycles and an egg case at a Houston restaurant last week, according to inspection reports from August 19 to August 25. \u2014 Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle , 28 Aug. 2019",
"Regardless of storm duration, intensity and size, groups previously identified as aggressive were more likely to produce egg cases . \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian , 20 Aug. 2019",
"The researchers determined that after a storm passed, the colonies that aggressively pursued food and resources were able to produce more egg cases . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 19 Aug. 2019",
"Though adult worms die with the first frost, the egg cases overwinter in soil or organic matter, ready to hatch in spring. \u2014 Cindy Dampier, chicagotribune.com , 14 Aug. 2019",
"Keep an eye out for roach feces, which look similar to ground coffee or coarse black pepper, and egg cases , which can be hidden in dark spaces or even between books in a bookcase. \u2014 Natalie Schumann, Country Living , 18 July 2019",
"The wasps hatch, devour the roach inside the egg case and escape by drilling a hole out to freedom. \u2014 Rob Dunn, Discover Magazine , 16 Nov. 2018"
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"Once described as a \"slip of the ear,\" an eggcorn is the written expression of a plausible mishearing of a standard term. \"For all intents and purposes,\" for example, is a set phrase\u2014inherently redundant, perhaps, but it's the idiom. It gets misheard, though, as \"for all intensive purposes,\" and sometimes appears that way in print. That's an eggcorn .",
"\u2014 Ruth Walker",
"This kind of phrase was named an \" eggcorn \" by Geoffrey Pullum, a linguist, in 2003, after that mishearing of \"acorn\". Many of them are quite logical, such as \"wipe board\" for \"whiteboard\", or \"card shark\" for \"card sharp\".",
"\u2014 The Independent (London)"
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"President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden expect to welcome some 30,000 kids and their adult chaperones for the egg roll , an egg hunt and other activities. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022",
"President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden expect to welcome some 30,000 kids and their adult chaperones for the egg roll , an egg hunt and other activities. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022",
"President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden expect to welcome some 30,000 kids and their adult chaperones for the egg roll , an egg hunt and other activities. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Shortly after her egg roll success, Chen started teaching cooking classes to home cooks, which eventually led her to open Joyce Chen Restaurant in Cambridge in 1958. \u2014 Monica Eng, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden expect to welcome some 30,000 kids and their adult chaperones for the egg roll , an egg hunt and other activities. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The egg roll is always the largest event at the White House and will be the Biden's first big event. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022",
"After brief remarks, Biden went on to take photos with guests and their children, blow the whistle for an egg roll to start and cheer on some of the children from the sidelines. \u2014 Libby Cathey, ABC News , 18 Apr. 2022",
"President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden expect to welcome some 30,000 kids and their adult chaperones for the egg roll , an egg hunt and other activities. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022"
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"If you loved to read, you were considered an egghead , and there was absolutely nothing worse than to be considered an egghead .",
"\u2014 Marvin V. Arnett",
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"He dismissed all scientists as a bunch of eggheads .",
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": bread dipped in a mixture of egg and milk and then saut\u00e9ed : french toast":[
"\u2026 he often gets requests from patients for traditional English favourites including eggy bread , poached and scrambled eggs, and sausages and mash.",
