cheeseburger
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cheeseburgers
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Origin of cheeseburger
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“He was a great person and he was just in his office having a cheeseburger on his lunch break,” Hill said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Today the corporation reports the price of a cheeseburger at around $3.89, depending on region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Maybe this is why I’ve always had a fondness for the fast-food chain and its cheeseburger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
“I got paid with a cheeseburger and fries,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
Me and Mom always get shrimp fried rice, Aunt Sophie gets crab sticks, which I always thought was a weird choice, and King nine times out of ten orders a cheeseburger with two egg rolls.
From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds
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This week it was revealed a chicken sandwich is packing as much salt as five McDonald's cheeseburgers - putting it top of a naughty list of more than 500 sandwiches analysed.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
It was a blur of champagne, full sized In-N-Out cheeseburgers, chic ushers wearing Dior uniforms with snug grey sweaters and slacks that pooled perfectly at the leg.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
On Monday the president emerged from the Oval Office to receive two bags of his beloved cheeseburgers and French fries from Sharon Simmons of Arkansas, a 58-year-old who quickly became known as “DoorDash Grandma.”
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026
Inside, customers sipped root beer flats and ate cheeseburgers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
I don't count Howard Johnson's, where I only had french fries and cheeseburgers and vanilla frappes with people like Buddy Willard.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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