forkful
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In Charlie Chaplin’s 1931 comedy-drama film “City Lights,” a forkful of spaghetti gets tangled with and mistakenly eaten alongside a long party streamer.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026
“I love eating,” she says, taking a forkful of her miso salmon.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023
These tiny worms twist together by the thousands to form tightly packed blobs reminiscent of a forkful of squirming spaghetti.
From Scientific American • Apr. 27, 2023
His experience builds on work with a prior volunteer, who was also paralyzed in the arms and legs, and managed to lift a forkful of mashed potatoes to his mouth with the system.
From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2022
Mom is lifting a forkful of potatoes, smiling as she bites.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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