Ruth (Fulton), 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
Saint, a.d. 480–c543, Italian monk: founded Benedictine order.
Stanley Rossiter 1884–1936, U.S. biochemist.
a first name: from a Latin word meaning “blessed.”
First recorded in 1820–25; erroneous assimilation of Benedick to a more familiar name
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"I like my flat whites and eggs benedict so it's been a real struggle when I've been out there camping and cooking."
From BBC ● May 4, 2025
Dillon responds by saying, "Uh, eggs benedict?" which makes me laugh.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2022
Its monumental crab cake benedict is a good way to get one last crab fix.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2021
What generally stops people making eggs benedict at home is the hollandaise sauce, which is fiddly and prone to splitting and curdling.
From The Guardian ● May 6, 2020
And except for a song about bacon or eggs benedict thrown in here and there, they mostly played normal country music.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
Although Pope Benedict XVI repealed the excommunication in 2009 in an unsuccessful attempt to heal the rift, Pope Leo is also expected to exclude the new bishops from the Catholic Church.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Pope Benedict XVI pressed the point in his 2007 encyclical “Spe Salvi”: God made man “for greatness,” but the heart runs too small and has to be stretched to hold it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Joy Benedict, a journalist with CBS L.A., met Steers about a decade ago while doing her first story on Jackie, Shadow’s mate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Instead of traveling to tropical habitats to record wild parrots, as researchers have done in previous studies, Lauryn Benedict, a biology professor at the University of Northern Colorado, took a different approach.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
Mr. Benedict laughed so hard, in fact—a great, long, series that sounded like an entire school of dolphins—that Number Two hurried over to snatch the hot cider just as he went limp in sleep.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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