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slivers

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Slivers of freshly carved meat sizzled for a long while in a cast iron pan, and then morsels were passed around to spectators.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2022

Slivers of spicy salami or pepperoni, fried in oil along with the garlic, render their fat and turn irresistibly crisp.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2021

Slivers of raw hamachi are arranged into a sort of soy-slicked Noguchi sculpture.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2017

Slivers of glass and the rush of an unshielded wind.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016

Slivers of sunlight squeezed through the cracks in the branches, and I caught a glance of cloudless blue skies more than once.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia