in a stew
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Some preferred to include it in a stew, while others salivated over the golden-brown fried option.
From BBC ● May 11, 2024
I genuinely might have been fooled that it was an actual chunk of roast if it were in a stew or already shredded on a plate.
From The Verge ● Aug. 25, 2022
Unlike many industrial chemicals, enzymes work at relatively low temperatures and are choosy about which molecule they interact with—enabling an enzyme to target a single plastic in a stew of polymers.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 1, 2021
At its core, federal infrastructure funding is served up in a stew of acronyms like FASTLANE, an annual initiative created in 2015 to improve America’s freight corridors by helping to fund state and local projects.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2018
The fish and greens are already cooking in a stew, but that will be for supper.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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