in the soup
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“It felt like what the moment called for. I was definitely in the soup already,” she says, writing songs for “Virgin” — “dropping all guard and being radically transparent,” as she puts it.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025
Then I took some of the leeks, pulled them out before cooking them in the soup, and then I fried them in ghee, and then put that on top as a topping.
From Salon • May 13, 2023
The market may be "back in the soup on the banking crisis," said Chuck Carlson, chief executive officer at Horizon Investment Services.
From Reuters • May 3, 2023
When the soup is ready to serve, microplane a little lemon zest into each bowl, and ladle in the soup.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2022
Lizabeth pick up her spoon and say that a princess hold her spoon pretty and dip it in the soup, and a princess would spoon away from her body.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
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